Prior to his stint on "American Idol," Roberts worked as a physical education teacher at Crestwood Elementary School in Meridian, Mississippi, the school named in the rumors circulating online.

Posts claiming that Jamal Roberts donated his entire winnings to Mississippi's Crestwood Elementary School have circulated widely across social media ...

His mother, Nicole English, is a lifelong student of Spanish who was thrilled, along with his father, when they learned of a dual language program at Tampa’s Crestwood Elementary School.