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    The Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine high school gets down to business, just not the music business

    by Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Aug 19, 2022 4 minutes
    Ninth grader Jaylen Bell, left, takes a selfie with music industry mogul Jimmy Iovine, who co-founded the new Iovine and Young Center Integrated Design, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Magnet, located in Leimert Park in South Los Angeles. Dre "Young, attended the official grand opening of the school on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 and met with students.

    LOS ANGELES — When it comes to machinery that spins, a turntable not a washing machine seems a more fitting association with rap artist Dr. Dre.

    But for students from the Los Angeles school district's new high school — the brainchild of Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and fellow music industry mogul Jimmy Iovine — the lowly washing machine became the star of a lesson about water conservation. Made out of cardboard with a tub that actually did spin, the students conceptualized and built a prototype with the potential to recycle gray water for irrigation.

    That kind of thinking is at by engaging young minds in cool and cutting edge ways.

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