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    'Bigger than sports': Former Steelers safety Robert Golden starts school in Fresno

    Lots of professional athletes grapple with the idea of what they will do when their playing careers end. For Robert Golden, the answer was academic. Golden, who spent six seasons as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2018, founded a tuition-free charter school in his hometown to service the underprivileged children of the southwest Fresno neighborhoods where he was raised. ...
    by Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times Nov 22, 2021 3 minutes

    Lots of professional athletes grapple with the idea of what they will do when their playing careers end.

    For Robert Golden, the answer was academic.

    Golden, who spent six seasons as a safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring in 2018, founded a tuition-free charter school in his hometown to service the underprivileged children of the southwest Fresno neighborhoods where he was raised.

    The school, Golden Charter Academy (GCA), opened in August and has 186 students ranging from transitional kindergarten through third grade. The plan is to add one grade level every

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