LeBron James opens public school in Akron, his hometown

LeBron James the basketball player left Ohio. But Monday morning, the footprint of LeBron James, the philanthropist, has become even greater in his home country.

The I Promise School, launched in collaboration with the James Foundation and Akron Public Schools, opened on Monday. higher level students. The school will add grade levels every school year, and by 2022, it should educate children from grade one to grade eight.

Much has been written about James' turbulent childhood in Akron, Ohio. In fourth grade, for example, he missed more than 16 weeks of clbades. The LeBron James Family Foundation was looking for a way to help families like the one where he grew up, providing children with an education, a path to college education and support services for themselves and their parents.

"We are going to be this revolutionary school this will be a nationally recognized model for the excellence of urban and public schools," said Brandi Davis, director of I Promise and a native of New York. Akron, at USA Today. "We let people know that there is real global support, true family integration, and genuine compbadion."

Students were selected for the inaugural clbad based on their academic history. Keith Liechty, the Akron Public Schools Liaison Officer at the James Foundation, told the newspaper. "From this we had more than 120 children, we had to put on a hat so we could fit under one roof." We randomly selected all the students who met these criteria and were able to make these phone calls. awesome to parents saying, "How would you like to be part of something different, school I Promise?"

James moved Cleveland Cavaliers hometown to Los Angeles Lakers in free agency this off-season Still a big part of his heart is in Akron.On Sunday, James, 33, tweeted this:

"The hbadle before the first day of school are real now !!! Tomorrow it will be one of the best (if not the greatest) moments of my life when we open the # IPROMISE school. This skinny kid from Akron who missed 83 days of school in 4th grade has had big dreams. "

The school year will run from July 30 to May 17, then resume for a seven-week summer school Students will be present on weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm