Lanier_High_School_(Jackson,_Mississippi)

Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)

Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)

Secondary school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Lanier High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley.[5] There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.[6]

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History

Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death.[1] Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969,[7] when Jackson schools were integrated by law.[8]

Feeder pattern

The following schools feed into Lanier High School.[9]

  • Middle schools
    • Brinkley Middle School
  • Elementary schools
    • Dawson Elementary School
    • Galloway Elementary School
    • Johnson Elementary School
    • Smith Elementary School
    • Walton Elementary School

Notable alumni

References

  1. [1]
    "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017. Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
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    "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  7. [7]
    Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
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    Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
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    Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
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    [http://themississippilink.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/01/July-10-2014.pdf Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court']
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    Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.
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