After Closure
After Oakton Community College moved from their original Morton Grove campus to Des Plaines, Oakton opened a branch campus in the former Niles East building. District 219 administrative offices were temporarily located in the shuttered Niles East. Centre East for the Performing Arts was located in the former Niles East Auditorium until their current facility opened near Golf Road and Skokie Boulevard.
Oakton Community College demolished the original high school buildings in stages as new buildings opened. The only remaining structures of Niles East as of 2007 are the courtyard flagpole and the basement under the gymnasium that is now used for storage.
Some scenes in the film Risky Business and the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Weird Science were filmed during the 1980s at Niles East after it closed.
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