{"id":434353,"date":"2023-08-30T19:07:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434353"},"modified":"2023-08-30T19:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:07:46","slug":"lebron-james-i-promise-school-representatives-are-criticizing-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/lebron-james-i-promise-school-representatives-are-criticizing-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James&#8217; I Promise School Representatives Are Criticizing The Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a meeting in Akron, Ohio, on Monday night, the LeBron James-backed I Promise School was given support after it was claimed that the school had produced &#8220;discouraging&#8221; student test results.<\/p>\n<h2>LeBron James&#8217; I Promise School Representatives Are Criticizing The Board<\/h2>\n<p>To help the most disadvantaged children in Akron, the district and foundation jointly established the school. By the conclusion of the second grade, students must test in the worst 25% of reading scores in the district to be admitted to the school. No other school in the nation seems to use a comparable strategy to segregate low-performing kids so early in their academic careers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron &#39;I Promise&#39; school supporters say it was &#39;bullying&#39; for the Akron school board to call out the school&#39;s performance &#8212; not a single 8th grader has passed the state math test since 3rd grade: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uv7WkpExpV\">https:\/\/t.co\/uv7WkpExpV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1696920714362978399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The organization gives children and their families a lot of assistance, including covering their basic requirements like shelter and food as well as giving parents employment training and high school equivalency studies. Additionally, the organization has funded extra instructors and tutors at the school with up to $1.4 million in yearly assistance from the foundation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we read \u201cI Promise\u201d by Lebron James <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LJFamFoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LJFamFoundation<\/a> <br \/>Each student then read 5 promises to creating a safe and kind classroom environment.<br \/>This lead us to creating and signing our class contract! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianTrailScho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndianTrailScho<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/112leads?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#112leads<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aj1QPvzOGX\">pic.twitter.com\/aj1QPvzOGX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madison Seefeldt (@Ms_Seefeldt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ms_Seefeldt\/status\/1696259128824348965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among others who stood out for comment was Victoria McGee, senior director of the LeBron James Family Foundation and the I Promise School Family Resource Center. She blasted the Akron Public Schools board and described the officials&#8217; actions as &#8220;detrimental&#8221; to the school body.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 2018 LeBron James\ud83c\udfc0started a new \u201cI Promise School\u201dmaybe w good intentions in his Akron OH hometown<\/p>\n<p>How r they doing?<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re in the bottom 5% of the State, not a single 8th grader\u2019s passed the standardized 8th grade Math exam<\/p>\n<p>Apparently big talk\/kneeling only gets u so far <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fyG8vNprCv\">https:\/\/t.co\/fyG8vNprCv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Peguillan (@BillPegs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillPegs\/status\/1693983904594640939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your actions degraded every Akron Public Schools educator that has ever taught the current and past I Promise students that you have singled out locally and nationally,&#8221; McGee said, via the Akron Beacon Journal. &#8220;Absolutely, it was hurtful to the LeBron James Family Foundation, but more importantly, detrimental to our students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Hall, the board&#8217;s president, made it plain that he disagreed with McGee&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Such an inspiration!<br \/>Just be 6\u20199 and 250lb of pure muscle like him! <br \/>Who needs school?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAFSzs6Xxe\">https:\/\/t.co\/cAFSzs6Xxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nobody (@JackCarlton0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackCarlton0\/status\/1695921169109536955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you go back and you actually watch the board meeting, nobody on this board, no speaker or presenter made any comments that any rational person would call belittling, bullying or anything of that nature,&#8221; Hall said, adding &#8220;there&#8217;s a distinction between what the board says, and how folks take what we say and craft their own self-serving narratives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dana White Responds To The Attempted Break-In After Spotting The Suspect On Camera\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/dana-white-responds-to-the-attempted-break-in-after-spotting-the-suspect-on-camera\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dana White Responds To The Attempted Break-In After Spotting The Suspect On Camera<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a meeting in Akron, Ohio, on Monday night, the LeBron James-backed I Promise School was given support after it was claimed that the school had produced &#8220;discouraging&#8221; student test results. 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