Anybody wanna buy a school? Dr. Umar Johnson's FDMG academy is being auctioned off on October 13th!

[jwinfield]

I know Jalen Rose has a lot more $$$ and connections, but he was able to get The Jalen Rose Academy up in running in Detroit with out any hiccups. I really wanted Umar to be legit.

Jesken did what most people that actually want to make something happen do, get people that know what they’re doing to assist.

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Umar is a very honourable man who just tried to do the right thing it's a damn shame the white man has conspired against him

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[Cat piss martini]

Bedbug's johnson ya'll.

 

[DEAD7]

He could’ve cleaned up with Udemy like @buzzkill said or just lectured like he was doing before the Hidden Colors shyt. Dude got a little notoriety and completely went off the rails..sad.

 

[King]

Umar is honestly trying to make that school a reality. The problem is that his ego and pride are in the way of making this whole thing happen. He wants to do things his way or it isn't getting done at all. He should have hooked up with some financial experts on how to collect donations properly. He had people writing personal checks to him when he should have done all that through a foundation that he established. The tax implications on receiving that much money written to himself is crazy. He was way in over his head and those taxes from the school were owed by the previous owners which he inherited when he took control of the property. That should have been a road block that came up with the title company before any deal was made in writing.

Then he isn’t honestly trying to make the school a reality.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Of all the damn coincidences Jalen Rose literally just wrote an article on how the charter school he built and is running is one of his greatest passions. Run those donations...to Jalen.

My public charter school is one of my greatest passions

My public charter school is one of my greatest passions
By Jalen Rose

During a normal September, I’m obviously not covering the NBA Finals. I’m in Detroit welcoming students to a new school year at the public charter school that I founded: the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy.

Just an exit off the Lodge Parkway from where I grew up, the high school is one of my great passions. We converted an abandoned elementary school into JRLA and opened our doors officially in 2011 with 120 students. We graduated our first class in 2015 and now have 420 “scholars” enrolled. It’s been such a thrill to see it grow. Every September, I stand on the sidewalk and greet the kids and parents. This year, because of the pandemic, we’ve gone to a remote learning model, so there is no one to physically greet. The scholars are at home working on the school-provided laptops and home Wi-Fi.

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Jalen at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy.Courtesy of Jalen Rose
The school’s four core values are family, respect, excellence and determination. I know our principal Wendie Lewis, a charter school vet, and our staff are working even harder this year to keep those values and JRLA glue in place.

Here are things that shouldn’t be political: voting and education. I went to a Detroit public school. My kids are fortunate enough to have attended private school. I’ve seen it from all sides, and it’s important for families to have a choice where they send their kids. Especially as many of the inner city kids are overlooked because unfortunately money and ZIP codes dictate so much when it comes to quality of education. JRLA has an open enrollment, and if the number of applicants goes over, we would go to an admission lottery for each grade level. We don’t admit students based on their test scores. We want scholars and families who align with our vision of success and our values.

The Jalen Rose Leadership Academy graduating class.Courtesy of Jalen Rose
When it came time to create the bones of JRLA, my co-founder, entrepreneur Michael Carter, and I wanted to create something unique in the space. So we went to a 9 to 16 model, which means we not only support our scholars while they are inside our building from grades nine to 12, but we also extend services and backing to them while they’re in college. Many top performing schools say goodbye and good luck to the kids when they leave the building. We stick by them, help get them internships, connect them with mentors and other programs. Most of these kids are first generation college students, and that kind of support helps them cross the finish line.

Jalen Rose and Chanelle Miles.Chanelle Miles
We have sports such as volleyball, cheerleading, cross-country and, of course, men’s and women’s basketball. When it comes to hoops, we don’t have a huge facility. It’s still a middle school gym, so we don’t play any home games. I like to joke that they are the Harlem Globetrotters, playing all their games on the road. Our kids have gone to tournaments in Las Vegas, and other basketball clinics including Chris Paul’s in North Carolina. We are constantly fund-raising to keep this a reality.

One of my favorite success stories is Chanelle Miles who was in our first graduating class, and she knows the entire journey. Two of her younger cousins have also graduated from JRLA and are now in college. After JRLA, she went to the University of Michigan on the Jalen Rose endowment, which meant she went for free. While there, she studied abroad three times, once in Lima, Peru, and also in Madrid and Seville, Spain. She even did a business program in New York City where she visited me at the ESPN studios. Now, 23, she is a behavioral technician working with autistic children.

“It’s just as much my school as it is Mr. Rose’s,” she said. When she graduated from Michigan in 2019 with a degree in psychology, five of her teachers from JRLA attended the commencement. I’m a little jealous because I didn’t even graduate from the University of Michigan (I ultimately got my degree from the University of Maryland), but I am so proud of her.

Jalen’s charter school in Detroit.Courtesy of Jalen Rose
Those relationships are important to me. When I’m in the halls, I like to interact with the kids, high five and dap. Some of them are shy and some are bold. They’ll say things like, “Hey, Mr. Rose, do you know my uncle? He went to school with you,” or “What do you think about the Lions this season?” And while I am not the dean of discipline, sometimes I need to do a little “nurturing” and talk to the kids.

And yes there are some perks. A few years ago, I was at the University of Michigan Midnight Madness with a few alum and introduced them to DJ Khaled, who performed. Rapper Big Sean was at our first graduation and for last year’s remote ceremony, I was able to get Jamie Foxx, Kyle Kuzma and Mike Epps to deliver speeches.

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“Got to Give the People What They Want,” a fashion tastemaker and co-founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a public charter school in his hometown.

 

[DatLBCGuy562]

If you aren't a COMPLETE idiot and fool for the taking and you have more than two brain cells to rub together, then you already saw this coming when he "purchased" that eyesore of a death trap....

 

[ajnapoleon]

i scanned thru that list but didn't see the school. did any of you see it on there? like i said i only scanned thru it but i didn't see it.

yeah lenon honor has alotta time on his hands for a man with 4 or 5 kids. i sure hope his house is in order. and i sure hope umar never runs into that man in person cause he'd probably get so enraged he'd snap lenon's little chicken neck.

Why would he do that to lenor


And its not just him

Its a gang of others too


Umar is a scammer

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Where are the "He bought a building, you haters" posters now?

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

The scammer- Oh shyt. Like Tariq predicted, he’s opening the school on the 14th of Nevruary

Expect a dude who can’t even maintain his efficiency apartment to open an entire brick and mortar school, umbrehs and umarettes. Have a fake descendant of Fredrick Douglass be responsible for educating your children. Call yourself Doctor but be the hood Dr. Seuss, brehs.

 

[African Peasant]

WHat happened to Lenon Honor?

I used to follow him around 2011or something. He used to make interesting videos.
Now, he's out there making 4 hours video on Umar Big Poppa while taking donations?

 

[CoryMack]

Why would he do that to lenor


And its not just him

Its a gang of others too


Umar is a scammer

I’m just looking at it as if I were umar. Monty and anti Afro and them do the same, but not with the dedication of lenon. It was funny at first but now I think dude has a problem or is really dissatisfied with his own life. what man with all those kids and a job and going to school has 3-4 hours to sit around and make vids and movies about another man? I mean that nikka made a documentary movie and had a release date and virtual viewing and all that shyt lol

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Donations

Cashapp

Gifffftttttsssss Gifffftttttsssss

 

[SwagmundFreud]

WHat happened to Lenon Honor?

I used to follow him around 2011or something. He used to make interesting videos.
Now, he's out there making 4 hours video on Umar Big Poppa while taking donations?

Ever since Umar called him out he’s been on a mission

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

I know Jalen Rose has a lot more $$$ and connections, but he was able to get The Jalen Rose Academy up in running in Detroit with out any hiccups. I really wanted Umar to be legit.

Because of Rose's celebrity status, the school received over $1 million in donations by September 2012. Several foundations have given funds to the school, and legendary Detroit Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas pledged to give $100,000. Rose himself gave a six figure donation to have the school established. Chastity Pratt Dawsey of the Detroit Free Press wrote that "Rose's celebrity and connections differentiate this new school from others".[2] An employee of Chrysler Corporation recommended that the company adopt the school, so the company did so. The company's Jeep division gives year-round financial support. By September 2012 Jeep had given $100,000 in scholarships to students

Jalen Rose Leadership Academy - Wikipedia


apples and oranges...give Umar, me or you these resources, we'll build a school