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{{Infobox school
|name              = Oskaloosa High School
|logo              =
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|streetaddress     = 404 Park Street
|city              = [[Oskaloosa, Kansas|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#United States|High School]]
|fundingtype       = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
|established       =
|grades = 7-12
|enrollment = 255 (2017–18)<ref name=NCES>{{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}}</ref>
|ratio = 13.35<ref name=NCES/>
|staff= 19.10 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
|team_name = Bears
|colors = {{color box|blue}} {{color box|red}}
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|district          = USD 341 <ref name="district">[http://www.usd341.org/ USD 341]</ref>
|ceeb              = 172270 <ref>[http://www.suny.edu/student/search_highschool/index.cfm High School CEEB Code Search]</ref>
|website           = [http://www.usd341.org/jh-hs.html School website]
}}
'''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.<ref>[http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/oskaloosa-bears-(oskaloosa,ks)/home.htm Oskalooska High School] MaxPreps</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="race2">(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''</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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)|James Reynolds]], actor on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (TV soap opera) for over 30 years.<ref name="Kaberline 2013">{{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}}</ref>
* Long serving Oskaloosa doctor Marlin S. McCreight graduated with the first graduating class from the school in 1889.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also==
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* [[List of high schools in Kansas]]
* [[List of unified school districts in Kansas]]
==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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