{"id":1985751,"date":"2023-07-29T11:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-i-promise-school-put-on-state-watchlist-after-school-board-notices-downward-spiral\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:31:37","slug":"lebrons-i-promise-school-put-on-state-watchlist-after-school-board-notices-downward-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-i-promise-school-put-on-state-watchlist-after-school-board-notices-downward-spiral\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron&#8217;s &#8216;I Promise&#8217; School flagged by state for decline."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebrons-i-promise-school-put-on-state-watchlist-after-school-board-notices-downward-spiral%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>LeBron&#8217;s &#8216;I Promise&#8217; School Put on\u2064 State Watchlist After School Board Notices Downward\u2062 Spiral<\/h2>\n<p>The Akron, Ohio, school that is the brainchild \u200dof NBA legend LeBron James is reportedly falling short of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebrons-i-promise-school-put-on-state-watchlist-after-school-board-notices-downward-spiral\/\" title=\"LeBron's 'I Promise' School flagged by state for decline.\">meeting critical educational benchmarks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To\u200c date, \u200cnot one single student in \u2064any of the \u2064three cohorts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-department-decides-racially-segregated-groups-are-not-discriminatory\/\" title=\"Biden Education Department Decides Racially Segregated Groups Are Not Discriminatory\">eighth-grade students<\/a> in the school has managed to reach the level of \u200b <strong>\u201cproficient\u201d<\/strong> in Ohio\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-one-student-at-23-baltimore-schools-can-do-math-at-grade-level\/\" title=\"Not One Student at 23 Baltimore Schools Can Do Math at Grade Level\">math proficiency test<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideastream.org\/education\/2023-07-27\/lebron-james-i-promise-school-faces-tough-questions-about-student-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ideastream Public\u200b Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The school has been \u2062added to Ohio\u2019s Additional Targeted Support and Improvement list, a watchlist of \u2062underperforming\u200c schools, according to the report.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNot one? In three years?\u201d Akron Public Schools board \u2062member Valerie McKitrick asked\u200b after learning of the school\u2019s record, according \u2063to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/restricted\/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beaconjournal.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Feducation%2F2023%2F07%2F27%2Fakron-public-school-board-issues-concerns-i-promise-schools-academics-lebron-james-family-foundation%2F70453460007%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akron Beacon-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The school is a \u200bhybrid, getting the usual fiscal support from \u200dstate and local\u2064 taxpayers along with money\u200d from \u200bthe LeBron James Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cIt is \u200bdiscouraging,\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Keith Liechty-Clifford, the district\u2019s director of \u200bschool \u2064improvement, said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Board President Derrick Hall said \u2062he was dismayed that the array of additional supports designed to\u2062 boost\u200d student performance \u2063do not seem to having\u200c an impact.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor me as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">board member<\/a>, I\u2062 just think about all the resources that we\u2019re providing,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd \u2026\u00a0 I\u2019m just disappointed that I don\u2019t think, it doesn\u2019t appear like\u2062 we\u2019re seeing the kind \u200cof change that we \u200bwould \u200cexpect to\u2062 see,\u201d \u200che said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere I\u2019m coming from is that we keep talking\u200c about the resources, the resources, the\u200c resources\u2064 that we\u2019re \u2063putting into the I Promise School, and the kids at the other schools don\u2019t have anywhere near the same number of resources, and yet that the difference there is not what I would think it would be,\u201d Hall said, according to Ideastream.<\/p>\n<p>Akron Education Association President Pat Shipe said a deeper dive into what\u2019s\u2064 wrong \u200bat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebron-humiliated-principal-james-akron-school-resigns-angry-mom-alleges-child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school<\/a> is \u200ccalled for, according to the Beacon-Journal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think that the red flags that are being thrown up about the IPS are concerning,\u201d \u200cthe union president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think there have to be much \u200bdeeper conversations and more data looked at before we can really address some of the issues that we\u2019re seeing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebron-james-highly-touted-school-will-actually-cost-taxpayers-a-lot-of-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watchlist<\/a> requires that the performance of at least \u2063one student demographic\u200d subgroup be in the bottom 5 percent of the state.\u2062 \u00a0Black students and students with disabilities\u200c met that standard at I Promise. Those are significant populations, \u200bbecause the school \u200bis 60 percent black and 28 percent of students\u2064 have disabilities. The school only admits students who are at least two grade\u200d levels behind their peers, according to Ideastream.<\/p>\n<p>Although the students get\u200d extra resources, the \u200cschool has had \u2064five principals since 2018. Almost 20 staff members, including\u2063 some teachers, left the school last year\u200b alone, \u00a0Shipe said, according to Ideastream.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-school-union-contract-educators-color-protections-put-white-teachers-chopping-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James Family Foundation<\/a> said making the\u2062 school\u200c a \u200dsuccess \u201crequires a long term commitment, hard work, and a lot of love and care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s what we bring each and every day because the I \u200bPromise School is more\u200d than a school. We\u2019re here for the ups and downs, and will\u2063 continue to wraparound our students and their entire families so they can be successful in school \u2062and\u2063 in life, no matter the challenges\u2062 and obstacles that come their way,\u201d \u2063the foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/ipromise.school\/#slide-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school\u2019s website<\/a> \u200c claims that it has \u201cspecialized programming \u2013 from \u200ca longer school day, \u2063to its \u2064STEM curriculum \u2064with a \u2018We Are Family\u2019 philosophy \u2013 tailored\u2064 to \u200dthese students that creates a \u200dculture conducive to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-diego-plan-moves-illegal-immigrants-to-the-front-of-the-line-for-in-person-education\/\" title=\"San Diego Plan Moves Illegal Immigrants To The Front Of The Line For In-Person Education\">social-emotional learning<\/a>.\u201d The school also said it \u201cprovides wraparound supports that educate the whole person \u2013 with a focus on both academics and character building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lebrons-promise-school-put-state-watchlist-school-board-notices-downward-spiral\/\">LeBron&#8217;s &#8216;I Promise&#8217; School Put on State\u2063 Watchlist After \u200cSchool Board Notices Downward Spiral<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports indicate that LeBron James&#8217; Akron, Ohio school, despite being his brainchild, is struggling to meet crucial educational standards. 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