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LeBron James opens public school in his hometown Akron, Ohio

LeBron James opens public school in his hometown Akron, Ohio

By Save Waqa
01/08/2018
LeBron James with kids of his hometown Akron, Ohio

LeBron James' Family Foundation and the Akron Public Schools in Ohio opened the doors to the "I Promise School" which will help some of Akron’s most challenged, at-risk students with education and support, as well as educational, career and emotional support for parents.

The students who complete the program and graduate will be guaranteed tuition to the University of Akron.

However, the school is providing even more than that, not only for the students, but for their parents as well.

LeBron took to instagram and shared more details of his I Promise School, which includes free tuition, free uniforms, free bicycle and helmet, free transportation within two miles, free breakfast, lunch and snacks, food pantry for families.

All of the above for each student.

The school, which will initially be open to 240 third and fourth graders, hopes to expand year by year, going to second and fifth grades next year until it is grades 1-8 by 2022, according to reports.

LeBron and his foundation leaders hope that more than 1,200 children will pass through the program and into college by 2029.

[Source: NY Times]

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