Audubon Middle School is pulsing with energy and ideas, but the South L.A. campus needs students -- and many of them need more engagement. Enter the music moguls.
. The amount of money for the Audubon project is uncertain, but Iovine and Dr. Dre said they will spend whatever it takes.“We’re here strictly for the kids and trying to give them a future and something promising that maybe wasn’t available before,” said Dr. Dre, the professional name for the pioneering rapper, producer and music-industry figure born as Andre Young. He and Iovine spoke at Audubon during a Monday news conference with education leaders.
The campus had much they liked, fundamentally its location in a low-income community of color. But there were other positives, Hardemion said, including a stand-alone 1920s-era classroom building, with solid architectural bones and sturdy crafted wooden cabinets, as well as a renovated, distinctive auditorium — and plenty of space.
But over time, many Black middle-class families have sent their children to charter schools or Los Angeles district schools on the Westside. Decreased immigration, lower birth rates and gentrification also played a role.
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