Lebron James Steps Up To Support Students

Last year, basketball superstar LeBron James underwrote a new public school in an Akron, Ohio, school district, designed to provide academics as well as social and emotional supports to at-risk students. Now he’s adding to that investment, partnering with a hotel chain to build transitional housing for families whose children attend the I Promise school but are homeless or struggle to have stable, safe housing. The LeBron James Family Foundation made the announcement along with Graduate Hotels, saying that the housing will be located within a few blocks of the school in a building that will be renovated and furnished. In making the announcement, the foundation issued a release that quoted James as saying that he and others involved in the I Promise school have come to realize that students need stable housing to learn.