Southeast High School is a high school in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...

that opened in 1950. The school closed in 1990, but was reopened and remodeled in 1994 as a magnet school with an emphasis on four new technology programs. Being a

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, students must fill out an application and be admitted to the school, regardless of the school district in which they reside. When the school reopened in 1994, it was still undergoing renovations. Shortly after classes started, it became apparent that it would be necessary to choose an alternate site for students until the construction was complete. The students enrolled at Southeast spent their first semester at the school in makeshift classrooms at the

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building in OKC.

Notable alumni

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– NFL *

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– Major League Baseball All-star,

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– Major League Baseball All-star *

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– NFL * Clendon Thomas – College Football Hall of Fame, NFL * Don Trull – College Football Hall of Fame, NFL * Janie Speaks – Olympic gymnast * Matt Clark – NBA * Rashawn Thomas - NBA

References

External links

Southeast's Official Home Page

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