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A local Akron City Schools teacher is standing up for Akron's own super hero, LeBron James, after his Los Angeles-area home was vandalized last week before the start of the NBA Finals in Oakland. 

Jennifer Pennington, an English as a Second Language teacher at Jennings CLC says tells the Jasen Sokol Show that when she heard that someone had spray-painted a racial slur across the outer gate of LeBron's west coast home, she wanted to get the message out that this word shouldn't be used to describe LeBron or anyone for that matter. 

"I just kept thinking about it and thinking about it," Pennington said, "and I thought I just want to do this; I want to put some signs up and I want to respond." 

And respond she did, with homemade signs that read "Hero" and "Humanitarian" and "Role Model" and more. She pulled up to LeBron's Bath Township home, and with the OK of the security working the property, she put them up outside along the street. 

There's been no response from LeBron, who is back home ahead of the NBA Finals Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena Wednesday against the Warriors; but there's no doubt he's heard about it as Sports Illustrated was one of the first news outlets to run with the story.

The Cavs are down two games to none to the Warriors in the Finals. Game 3 tips off just after 9 p.m. Wednesday night on 1590 WAKR. 

Police and Akron public schools security searched an Akron school Wednesday afternoon after rumors of a weapon at the school, but nothing was found.

Those rumors resulted in the doors at Jennings CLC being locked - in what the district calls a Safe School Watch - at about 3 PM.

Police and security searched both the building and grounds at Jennings and interviewed students.

Dismissal was delayed by a half hour, and classes at Jennings were not disrupted...and the district called families of those who attend the school.

The district and police are encouraging students who may know anything about the reports to come forward.

(APS, phone call to Jennings families) Dear Jennings Families:

Just before 3 this afternoon, Akron Public Schools placed Jennings CLC on Safe School Watch.

Akron police and APS security conducted a thorough search of the building and grounds and interviewed a number of students after a report surfaced of a weapon on the premises.

The thorough search turned up nothing, there was no interruption of learning and we delayed dismissal by 30 minutes.

During Safe School Watch, all doors to the building are secured to prevent entry or exit from the premises.

We continue to ask for your help and support in encouraging students to let us know if they ever hear any student might be involved in something that could pose a security concern for Jennings students and staff.

Our thanks to the Akron Police Department for its hard work every day. We work closely with law enforcement on procedures and plans to maintain safety in our schools for students and staff.

Security will be enhanced this week at Jennings due to this report. We will keep you apprised.