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Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre Celebrate Centennial High Redesign

5/9/2026

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Kendrick Lamar Embraces Teacher

Kendrick Lamar attended a ceremony at Centennial High School in Compton to celebrate the campus redesign, the school's first major construction project in 70 years.
He embraced his former seventh-grade science teacher Nicole Findley-Miller after recognizing her.
Dr. Dre and will.i.am also appeared at the event.
Findley-Miller said her daughter urged her to attend, adding that he would recognize her.

Summary

Dr. Dre Invests

Dr. Dre said his role is “investing forward,” shifting from philanthropy to community investment.
Rep. Maxine Waters attended the Centennial High School groundbreaking, marking the first congressional presence.
The district chose DLR Group to design a bold, modern campus that will serve over 1,000 students and include a recording studio.
School board president Micah Ali called the project a concrete promise to the city that raised the artists.

History

Historical Context

The 1998 Los Angeles school-construction bond (Proposition 10) that funded a new Compton campus follows a lineage of California education financing reforms. After Proposition 13 limited property taxes in 1978, measures such as Proposition 98 (1988) secured minimum state spending for K-12, and Proposition 39 in 2000 lowered the local supermajority for school bonds to 55 percent. This framework enables today’s groundbreaking with leaders like LAUSD and Rep. Maxine Waters.

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Kendrick Lamar Embraces Teacher

Kendrick Lamar attended a ceremony at Centennial High School in Compton to celebrate the campus redesign, the school's first major construction project in 70 years.
He embraced his former seventh-grade science teacher Nicole Findley-Miller after recognizing her.
Dr. Dre and will.i.am also appeared at the event.
Findley-Miller said her daughter urged her to attend, adding that he would recognize her.

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