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HISTORY During February of 1994 , ''Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School'' was proposed by Wake County to provide a school for the southeastern area of Raleigh , focusing on math, science, and technology (see commentary on Math, Science, and Technology in the last paragraph of this section). On July 28 , 1997 , the school opened for grades 9–11, with an initial student population of 1100. Beginning the 2004-2005 school year, the school changed its name to ''Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School: Center for Leadership and Technology''. The name change came with a new intiative on the part of former principal John Modest to encourage students through school activities to develop strong leadership skills. Furthermore, the institution felt the move represented an attempt to boost the school's dwindling success in academics. Since opening, many concepts pioneered at Southeast Raleigh have been implemented throughout Wake County , including block scheduling and senior graduation projects. Now, many schools in Wake County have adopted block scheduling, and all students graduating in 2010 in the state of North Carolina will have to complete a graduation project. The school has many features such as computers in each classroom, a senior research project for all graduating students to complete, and an academic coach for a class of about 10 students. Some feel academic coaches are a great time as studies show grades improve and skills develop. Most students socialize with peers in their own AC. When the school first opened, it had a strong former reputation for academics and athletics. In recent years, there has been an emphasis on athletics, due to the declining academic performance. Unfortunatly for Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School students, some courses that the school advertises in the Course Handbook are not provided at the campus. With a controversal case involving two Southeast Raleigh students and a Calculus III class, a class that former Principal John Modest had been paying for Southeast Raleigh students to take at NC State University since 2002, Ms. Beulah Wright has since decided as of 2005 not to pay for this class for the students despite the promise of the course in the Course Description Guide and the school status as a magnet program. With a price tag at $550 per student, the school does not provide all the courses on campus, free of charge. This controversy has been featured on WRAL-TV station as well as The News & Observer . {Link without Title} LOCATION Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School is located at 2600 Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, North Carolina . The school is near I-40 and Raleigh Beltline . STUDENTS As of 2005-2006, the school had a total population of 2119 students. Students attend school from 7:45AM to 2:50PM, with four classes each Semester . Some classes, such as band and some choruses, also operate on "A" or "B" days, allowing semester-long classes to be stretched out over a year. The 2005-2006 racial breakdown was 60% Black, 36% White, 2% Asian, 1% Hispanic. ADMINISTRATION Former principal John Modest resigned from his seat after the 2004-2005 school year. The new principal, Beulah Wright, has instituted many controversial policies, including sanctions against hugging and gang apparel. The administration's definition of gang apparel, as of Spring 2006, includes red shirts, light blue shirts, and long white T-shirts which are all in style with a majority of the students. Ms. Beulah Wright, who graduated from Shaw University in 1975 with a bachelor's in Mathematics as well as a M. Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision from UNC-Wilmington, continues to cut funding for math, art, English, and science classes, as well as the foreign language department. (source:http://www.ga.unc.edu/pep/patl/patl7/wrightb/). Ms. Wright is entering her 30th year as an educator. She says she has no plans to leave Southeast Raleigh anytime soon. EXTERNAL LINKS
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