MADISON, Wis. -- Excitement is building at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison as students and staff members prepare for a visit from the president of the United States Wednesday.

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Most the parents of Wright's 250 students will have to make sure their children are dropped off by 8:15 a.m. Wednesday before the building is locked, but a few parents will be coming back to listen to President Barack Obama's speech with their children.

Parent Lori Mann Carey has had a one-track mind since Friday when she heard the president was coming to a school four of her children have attended.

"I'm like the kids at James C. Wright -- I keep pulling myself in so I can focus on my work and my job," said Carey.

"When she shouted, I was out of the room and I ran out and said, 'What happened?' And she said 'Obama is coming!'" said Vince Carey, Lori's husband. "I swear to God, I thought something happened."

Lori Mann Carey found out she was chosen to attend Obama's speech at Wright Middle School with her daughter Sierra.

"It is exciting beyond words. I am trying to compose myself right now," said Carey. "I don't want to scream, do jumping jacks, that sort of thing."

She is one of 50 parents of Wright students chosen to attend after the school held a lottery.

"Everyone is really excited. They're screaming; they're really happy, so it's a wonderful job to be able to make these phone calls," said Laurel Finn, school counselor at Wright. "And when you tell them, 'OK, I want you to know it's one adult per family,' oh boy, but they're still very gracious."

Dad Vince Carey said he doesn't mind he can't go.

"When she was chosen it was the best present," said Vince Carey. "Even if I don't get to go, I'm happy, as long as she gets to go in and see her favorite person, I'm good."

The Careys said they hope it's a moment their daughter will remember forever.

"I think it's so exciting for them because many of these students are being taught by this visit that, yes, you can do whatever you want to do," said Lori Mann Carey.

Some of those students and parents will actually get to meet in a small group with the president before his speech Wednesday afternoon, but details about who those people are haven't been released.

So far, no parents have opted their children out of seeing Obama's speech.

Obama is expected to speak sometime after noon, but a precise time hasn't been nailed down yet.

Parents who drop students off will not be able to do so in the school's parking lot Wednesday. That lot will be closed, and all students must be dropped off on Plaenert Drive.

The specifics of the president's travel plan are not being released but people should expect traffic delays near the Dane County Regional Airport and Fish Hatchery Road.

There will be road closures around Wright Middle School as well. Fish Hatchery Road, Wingra Drive and Carver Street will be closed from noon to 3 p.m.

Wright is a charter school located on the city's near south side.

A sitting president hasn't been to Madison in nearly 60 years. Harry Truman was the last one to visit the city in 1950.

Fewer people are more excited about Obama's visit Wednesday than the woman affectionately known in Madison as "Mother Wright."

Jacqueline Wright, widow of the Rev. James C. Wright, said that Wednesday's visit is all about the students and it's a day they'll remember the rest of their lives.

The Rev. James C. Wright was a civil rights pioneer in Madison. He died 15 years ago after 24 years as the head of Madison's Equal Opportunities Commission.

The Wrights' two children will join their mother Wednesday at the presidential event.