Lanier High School (Austin, Texas)
- Lanier High School (Austin, Texas)
Infobox School
name = Sidney Lanier High School
location = Austin, Texas
streetaddress = 1201 Payton Gin Rd.
city =
county = Travis
zipcode = 78758
country = United States
schoolnumber = 512-414-2514
district = Austin Independent School District
principal = Katherine Ryan
grades = 9-12
mission statement = "What Starts Here Changes Education"
rival = Anderson H.S.
mascot = Viking
team name = The Vikings, Lady Vikings
nickname = LHS
school colors = Black And Old Gold
yearbook =
publication =
newspaper =
opened = 1961
Sidney Lanier High School was esatblished in 1961 as the sixth high school in the Austin Independent School District and was originally located in the building which is now Burnet Middle School. Lanier is named in honor of the famous Confederate soldier and southern poet Sidney Lanier. The current campus, opened in 1966, is located on Payton Gin Road. Lanier was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School,the highest honor a school could receive at the time, in 1997. When first opened Lanier had virtually an all Caucasian student base with a highly active 4-H club, but over the years it has grown into a primarily Hispanic school with close to 85% of its students being Latino.
Notable alumni
* Tabitha Ramsey, Former high school wrestler, first Central Texas female to win gold medal at the state meet, also voted Outstanding Girl Wrestler in the state by her coaches.
*Tommy Boggs, Major League Baseball pitcher.
*Derrick Strait, Former 3rd round pick of the New York Jets in the 2004 NFL Draft.Fact|date=August 2008
External links
* [http://www.austinschools.org/campus/lanier/index.html Lanier High School]
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