“Amid Joyful News Regarding 18 YO Son, LeBron James Receives Backlash for His $2,000,000 Investment’s Major Disappointment

An emotional roller coaster ride came to an end for the James Gang last week. The family dealt with a shocking incident when their 18-year-old prodigy suffered a cardiac arrest. Fortunately, he was soon declared stable. The basketball world breathed a sigh of relief along with LeBron James and his family. However, the dismay is not over for James yet.

LeBron James counted his blessings after his son recovered from a major cardiac arrest. Putting out posts on social media, James showed his love for his 18-year-old. James also received love from several celebrities after this traumatizing incident. However, recent news about James’ major investment led to more concern for the Los Angeles Lakers forward.

Amid his son’s news, LeBron James deals with another shocker

LeBron James has reigned supreme in the NBA for more than 20 years now. Along with his success in the league, James has also amassed tremendous wealth over his illustrious career. However, off the court, he has been a loving father to his kids.

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When his 18-year-old son, Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest during a workout in college, James was naturally taken aback. However, due to the immediate medical attention, he received in college as well as the efforts of the doctors in the hospital, Bronny James survived the incident. James was elated with this news, counting his blessings after his son’s recovery. However, The Akron Hammer dealt with another shocking news soon after.

Apart from having a legendary career in the NBA, James has also experienced incredible success as a businessman. However, he has always ensured to give back to the community. In this effort, James started the ‘I Promise” school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio in 2018. The school specifically aims at-risk students, providing classes for students between third and eighth grade. It is a public school that is funded by the LeBron James Family Foundation. It was also announced that the Foundation plans to invest over $2M annually on this project. Despite the major investments, the school produced a major disappointment recently.

It was recently reported that the school’s eighth graders failed a state-wide math exam, raising major concerns. This led to James and his school receiving severe backlash from the natives of the district.

I Promise School and James received severe backlash

The I Promise school seemed to be a highly impressive investment from James. Given the substantial investments the Foundation was willing to make, the school showed great potential for success. However, its underwhelming result has been a major cause for concern.

After the eighth graders failed to clear the math exam, the district’s school improvement czar, Keith Liechty-Clifford had a few words. Liechty-Clifford said, “It is discouraging. We had said all along this journey was going to be difficult because we’re starting with kids who are two years or more behind.”

School board president, Dr. Derrick Hall too, remarked on the school’s performance. “I believe the pandemic has an impact. But it also has an impact on the non-selected kids as well; and the numbers that we’re seeing here would suggest that my non-selected kids who don’t have the same number of resources are actually performing better and I’m just trying to understand why. I think it’s fair to ask that question”, he said.

He further added, “When the I Promise School started, one of the things I was excited about was I thought this school could be an incubator where ideas could come out of this school that we could take and then inject into the operations of other buildings throughout the district. That’s why, looking at the data today, I’m so disappointed.”

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The district natives expressed their disappointment in James’ major investment. With the resources at its disposal, it is truly astonishing that the school did not yield a good result in its 5-year tenure.