Oskaloosa High School (Kansas)
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{{Infobox school
|name = Oskaloosa High School
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|streetaddress = 404 Park Street
|city = Oskaloosa
|state = Kansas
|zipcode = 66066
|country = U.S.
|coordinates = {{coord|39|13|17|N|95|18|52|W|region:US-KS_type:edu_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|schooltype = High School
|fundingtype = Public
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|grades = 7-12
|enrollment = 255 (2017–18){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2010320&ID=201032001887|title=Oskaloosa JR-SR High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}
|team_name = Bears
|colors = {{color box|blue}} {{color box|red}}
|schoolboard =
|district = USD 341 [http://www.usd341.org/ USD 341]
|ceeb = 172270 [http://www.suny.edu/student/search_highschool/index.cfm High School CEEB Code Search]
|website = [http://www.usd341.org/jh-hs.html School website]
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Oskaloosa High School is the public high school in Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States. The school serves about 250 students. Bears are the school mascot and the school colors are blue and red. Oskaloosa High School is located at 404 Park Street.[http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/oskaloosa-bears-(oskaloosa,ks)/home.htm Oskalooska High School] MaxPreps
History
Oskaloosa was one of the high schools involved in court battles over segregated schools and the integration of African Americans in the late 19th century and very early 20th century.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJuXT1sVhFcC&dq=oskaloosa+high+school+kansas&pg=PA236|title=Toward a Usable Past: Liberty Under State Constitutions|first1=Paul|last1=Finkelman|first2=Stephen E.|last2=Gottlieb|date=1 September 2009|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820334967|via=Google Books}}(8 April 1901). [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1901-04-08/ed-1/seq-3/ Color Question Dodged - Oskaloosa School Admission Case Decided on Other Grounds], Topeka State Journal
The principal tried to censor an article in the student newspaper in 2003, but an appeal to the school board, recording of the principal making demands on the student, and a state law protecting student publications (Kansas Student Publications Act of 1992) from administrative censorship triumphed.{{cite web|url=http://m.ljworld.com/news/2003/jun/06/oskaloosa_student_learns/?templates=mobile|title=Oskaloosa student learns censorship lesson firsthand June 6, 2003|first=LJWorld.com|last=App|website=LJWorld.com}} The student went on to major in journalism at the University of Missouri, worked as a television new reporter, and secured a communications job at Johns Hopkins radiology department.
Notable alumni
- James Reynolds, actor on Days of Our Lives (TV soap opera) for over 30 years.{{cite web | last=Kaberline | first=Carolyn | title='Days' actor to return to Oskaloosa for festival | website=The Topeka Capital | date=June 22, 2013 | url=http://www.cjonline.com/article/20130622/LIFESTYLE/306229820 | access-date=March 27, 2018}}
- Long serving Oskaloosa doctor Marlin S. McCreight graduated with the first graduating class from the school in 1889.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2183&dat=20070322&id=9wUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uBAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=253,1676018&hl=en|title=The Vindicator March 22, 2007}}
See also
References
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School website
- [http://www.usd341.org/jh-hs.html Oskaloosa Junior/Senior High School website]
- [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_341.pdf USD 341 School District Boundary Map] - KDOT
- [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/oskaloosa.pdf Oskaloosa City Map] - KDOT
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