Lanier_High_School_(Austin,_Texas)

Juan Navarro High School

Juan Navarro High School

School in the United States

Juan Navarro Early College High School (formerly Sidney Lanier High School) was established in 1961 as the sixth high school in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and was originally located in the building which today houses Burnet Middle School. Lanier was named in honor of the Southern poet and Confederate veteran Sidney Lanier.

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The current campus, opened in 1966, is located on Payton Gin Road. In 1997, Lanier was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor a school could receive at the time. When it first opened, Lanier had virtually an all White student base with a highly active FFA chapter, but over the years it has become a primarily Mexican-American school with over 85% of its students being Hispanic.[2]

The AISD Board of Trustees voted on March 24, 2019, to rename the school Juan Navarro High School. Juan Navarro was a 2007 graduate who died in Afghanistan from an improvised explosive device in July 2012.[3]

Notable alumni

References

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    "LANIER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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    "Navarro Early College High School". Austin ISD. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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    Ulloa, Jazmine. "Austin soldier killed while serving in Afghanistan". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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