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    LeBron James has one more career-defining moment in his home state — opening a public school

    by Tania Ganguli, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2018 4 minutes

    AKRON, Ohio - As he drove to the school he was helping open in his hometown, LeBron James' emotions brought him back to when he was the same age as the kids who were starting school there Monday.

    He remembered school meaning nothing to him. He remembered it being too far away for him to get there, especially when his mother didn't have a car. He missed 83 days of school in fourth grade.

    "It was a surprise to me when I woke up and I was actually going to school," James said.

    As he got older he learned about the value of an education, and how important that was to break poverty cycles.

    That's why Monday mattered so much to

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