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Apr 12, 2019 · The I Promise School, a public school supported by the LeBron James Family Foundation, opened last year in Akron, Ohio. Credit... Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times
The district encompasses 54.4 sq mi (141 km 2) and includes, as of the 2024–25 school year, eight high schools, nine middle schools, 31 elementary schools, and three administration buildings. About 20,000 students are enrolled.
Dec 30, 2021 · In July of 2018, the LeBron James Family Foundation and Akron Public Schools officially opened the doors of the I PROMISE School with a mission to wrap around the most at-risk students and families in Akron.
Jul 31, 2018 · Akron’s public schools have a major problem; its at-risk students are falling well behind the rest of the K-12 population in the classroom. The question the district faces now is whether...
- Christian D'andrea
- July 31, 2018
- Akron, Ohio, USA
I Promise School[3] (IPS) is a public elementary school in Akron, Ohio. Opened in 2018, it is supported by the LeBron James Family Foundation and specifically aimed at at-risk children. Opening with students attending grades three and four, the school became fully operational in 2022, teaching grades one through eight.
Jul 30, 2018 · It will initially open its doors to 240 third- and fourth-grade students, and will add first- and second-grade classes in 2019. The school plans to offer first through eighth-grade classes by...
Nov 4, 2019 · November 4, 2019 at 2:49 p.m. EST. Last year, basketball superstar LeBron James helped open a new public school in an Akron, Ohio, school district, designed to provide academics as well as...
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