When Ravens Owner Steve Bisciotti read about some of the tragic events at Baltimore City’s Renaissance Academy last year, he wanted to help.
The school and surrounding community in West Baltimore had been wrought with violence, including an incident where a student died after being stabbed at school. The circumstances reached a point where the school was to set to close after last school year.
That’s when Bisciotti called Ravens President Dick Cass to see what they could do.
“He decided it was something where he could maybe help,” Cass said. “He saw the fact that the students and the school community were keenly interested in keeping the school open.