Perks and Travails Await Rising First Kids

First Daughters' School

While selecting a puppy and deciding how they'll decorate their rooms may be at the top of Malia and Sasha's to-do lists, deciding where the girls will attend school is likely one of their parents' chief concerns.

Malia and Sasha already attend a private school in Chicago, so it's expected that one of the elite private schools in the Washington area will likely be a choice for the girls.

Many of the schools have already dealt with the Secret Service entourage that comes with having children of presidents, vice presidents and top White House staffers in attendance.

"If the Obamas send their kids to private schools, they'll call them snobs who have betrayed all that they advocate for the public school system," he said. "If they send them to public schools, which are dangerous, they will be called inconsiderate for disrupting everything with the Secret Service tagging along."

Still, public school may not be out of the question.

Amy Carter famously attended Hardy Middle School, a Washington public school, during her father's presidency, and a Washington Post columnist today urged the Obamas to consider a public school, urging the president-elect to "see what their tax dollars are paying for."

But Wead maintains that private school will likely beat out the public schools, if only to maintain some sense of normalcy for the girls.

"My guess is that the Obamas will opt for private, which is best for their kids, and take the heat."

ABC News' Claire Shipman and Ann Compton contributed to this report.