At the NACA meeting last week, Laura DeGrush, AISD Community Engagement Coordinator shared information about the Lanier High School renaming process.  The process has been extended briefly.  Please see helpful resources and ways you can have your voice heard.

Ways to give input:

-Lanier Survey: http://www.laniervikings.org/?PageName=LatestNews&Section=LatestNews&ItemID=540434&ISrc=School&Itype=News

-District Survey https://www.austinisd.org/naming/form

Email to Trustees: https://www.austinisd.org/board/input or https://www.austinisd.org/board/members or email [email protected]

Public comment at Board Meeting: https://www.austinisd.org/board/meetings

Resources:

Information to date on the Renaming Process: https://www.austinisd.org/naming

Information on inequity in Austin https://cityofaustin.github.io/institutional-racism/

Minutes from Lanier Campus Advisory Council (CAC) meetings: 9/10 minutes; 9/17 minutes; and 9/19 minutes

Recommended books: “As We Saw It,” about UT and desegregation. “Oh, Do I Remember!” about desegregation in Austin ISD

Contacts:

Laura DeGrush
Community Engagement Coordinator
Community Engagement & External Communication
Austin Independent School District
1111 West 6th Street, Suite A230
Austin, TX 78703
O: 512-414-9462
C: 518-542-9271
[email protected] 
Feel free to also reach out to our Lanier CAC community representative contact, Mark Grayson at [email protected]