East High School was founded in 1913[3] and currently has an enrolled student body of around 1,900.

[4] In 2017, the school re-purposed two locker rooms below the gymnasium and installed washing machines in order to accommodate homeless students.

[5] The non-profit organization Chapman-Richards Cares donated two washing machines and two dryers to the school.

In the summer of 2007, the school received 40 to 50 visitors per day who wanted to visit the location of the film.

[8] Demand for tickets was so strong that the school added an extra performance.