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New Denver School Named After Billionaire DPS Graduate Robert F. Smith

DENVER (CBS4) -- A new Denver public high school in Montbello has a new name. It is now called the Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy -- after the Denver native and DPS graduate. Smith is Black, a billionaire investor, inventor and philanthropist.

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Smith famously paid off $34 million of college debt for Morehouse College students last year.

On Thursday, school leaders said they were hoping the name would encourage students to be innovators and change-makers.

It will open next August.

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