So when Michele Campbell, the executive director of the LeBron James Family Foundation, suggested to the now-Lakers star that their mission might be easier to accomplish if they opened a school, James reacted as if the answer was obvious.
James’ foundation is the top donor and worked with Akron Public Schools to meet all its standards and regulations.
And here, the staff nurtures not just the child’s education, but the outside factors that might interfere with an education.
“I know these kids basically more than they know themselves,” James said in a video released Sunday through his media platform, Uninterrupted.