Donda Academy

2022 - 10 - 27

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The status of Ye's Donda Academy is unclear after uproar over his ... (NPR)

There were mixed signals about whether Ye's unaccredited Christian private school is closing. The uncertainty comes as businesses continue to dissociate ...

[cut ties with the rapper](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130616032/balenciaga-fashion-house-ye) nearly a week ago, saying it "no longer (has) any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist." [said on Twitter](https://twitter.com/FCHWPO/status/1585036696667951107) that he's terminating his association with Donda Sports, Ye's sports agency. "Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation," [Skechers said in a statement.](https://investors.skechers.com/press-releases/detail/550/skechers-issues-statement-on-kanye-west-unauthorized-visit) A recent episode of HBO's The Shop featuring Ye was scrapped after the Chicago rapper used the show to spew more antisemitic rhetoric. During the interview, he even claimed that George Floyd died because of fentanyl, not because an officer had his knee on his neck. The sportswear maker said it "does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech" and said that his recent comments were "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous." "Our former partner's recent remarks and behavior further underscore why we are taking immediate steps to remove Yeezy Gap product from our stores," the clothing retailer said in a statement Tuesday. According to the academy's web site, the school promises a faith-based education with the promotion of Christian values alongside a "rigorous core curriculum," that includes math, science and language arts. In the earlier email, the school expressed its "gratitude for the community of families and scholars that Donda Academy brought together." The email then went on to say that "at the direction of our Founder, Donda Academy will close for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year effective immediately. But a separate email, signed by "Parents of Donda," indicated the school would not be shutting down, TMZ](https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1585563553846726657/photo/1)sent to parents Thursday morning, saying the school was closing. But a separate email, signed by "Parents of Donda," indicated the school would not be shutting down, TMZ

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Any aspiring hoops star should aspire to avoid Donda Academy (Deadspin)

Big name basketball tournaments are uninviting Ye's team while the school toggles between dissolving and 'educating'

A large portion of America’s population was unable to separate the man from his music while he was flirting with being canceled. (I retain the right to change my mind if it comes out that the head of Donda Sports and problematic fuck wit, Antonio Brown, tagged along on the in-home recruiting visits.) So, the Donda Academy is as much of a school as Jay-Z’s School of Hard Knocks? I fear to think of what online curriculum these kids are learning/exposed to considering the whole thing sounds like Trump University mixed with Camp Nowhere. Join us tomorrow morning in worship for the return of Donda Academy. Kanye West has been in the Tom Cruise Bat-shit Crazy Celebrity Zone for so long that it’s been renamed the Ye Bat-shit Crazy Celebrity Zone.

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Kanye West's Donda Academy with $15K tuition abruptly closes ... (FOX 11 Los Angeles)

Students at Ye's Donda Academy in Simi Valley are scrambling to find a new school after the unaccredited Christian academy reportedly closed as the fallout ...

It’s unclear who made the decision to reopen and if students will return on Friday. First, we would like to express our gratitude for the community of families and scholars that Donda Academy brought together. However, at the discretion of our Founder, Donda Academy will close for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year effective immediately, Thursday, October 27. We intend to begin afresh in September of 2023, and we are confident that our scholars will continue to advance as the creative innovators, courageous influencers and academy leaders of the next generation. Our leadership team will be working diligently to assists all families during the transition, ensuring that every scholar has what they need to succeed in their next community in a prompt and gracious manner. [Multiple companies have parted ways with the rapper](https://www.foxla.com/news/these-are-the-companies-that-have-cut-ties-with-kanye-west) after he made the controversial comments, and now, dozens of parents are left wondering if their kids have a school to go to after Ye's Donda Academy in [Simi Valley](https://www.foxla.com/tag/us/ca/ventura-county/simi-valley) abruptly closed and reportedly reopened.

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