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33-652: The Austin Public Free Schools (today the Austin Independent School District ) purchased the opera house in 1940. In the 1950s, it was threatened with demolition, but preserved by a local group of concerned people. It housed a printing company until 1979, when a long-term lease was arranged for the Austin Club, a local private social club. The Austin Club now owns the opera house. The Austin Club renovated

66-492: A Lanier older than the 39 years he actually lived, is situated on the right side of the portico leading into the chapel narthex. It is prominently featured on the cover of the 2010 autobiographical memoir Hannah's Child , by Stanley Hauerwas , a Methodist theologian teaching at Duke Divinity School . The United Daughters of the Confederacy worked successfully to enhance Lanier's legacy. Lanier's poem "The Marshes of Glynn"

99-491: A basis of academic record and provide them with a more advanced program. The magnet programs are housed in their respective schools, but provide some different classes to their students. The headquarters are at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Ben White. The 142,000-square-foot (13,200 m ) structure has nine stories. For a period prior to 1989, the Austin ISD headquarters were on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to

132-722: A campus with Northeast Early College High School. The Graduation Preparatory Academies at Navarro and Travis Early College High Schools are officially listed as separate schools from their home campuses, but they are housed within the same building and share many programs. Travis Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Arts Pearce Middle School (1958-2014) James Edwin Pearce (1958-2014) Weldon Joseph Covington Gus Garcia Middle School (2007-2014) Fulmore Middle School (1911-2019) South Ward School (1886-1911) Zachary Taylor Fulmore (1911-2019) South Austin (1886-1911) The Kealing and Lively magnet programs accept students from across AISD on

165-511: A flautist and sold poems to publications. He eventually became a professor of literature at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , and is known for his adaptation of musical meter to poetry. Many schools, other structures and two lakes are named for him, and he became hailed in the South as the "poet of the Confederacy". A 1972 US postage stamp honored him as an "American poet". Sidney Clopton Lanier

198-587: A lawyer for several years. During this period he wrote a number of lesser poems, using the " cracker " and " negro " dialects of his day, about poor white and black farmers in the Reconstruction South. He traveled extensively through southern and eastern portions of the United States in search of a cure for his tuberculosis. While on one such journey in Texas , he rediscovered his native and untutored talent for

231-741: A personal composition for the flute called "Black Birds", which mimics the song of that species. In an effort to support Mary and their three sons, he also wrote poetry for magazines. His most famous poems were "Corn" (1875), "The Symphony" (1875), "Centennial Meditation" (1876), "The Song of the Chattahoochee" (1877), " The Marshes of Glynn ", (1878) " A Sunrise Song " (1881), and " Evening Song " (1884). These poems are generally considered his greatest works, and have been set to music by many composers, including Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Grace W. Root . "The Marshes of Glynn" and "A Sunrise Song" are part of an unfinished set of lyrical nature poems known as

264-527: Is a school district based in the city of Austin, Texas , United States. Established in 1881, the district serves most of the City of Austin, the neighboring municipalities of Sunset Valley and San Leanna , and unincorporated areas in Travis County (including Manchaca ). The district operates 116 schools including 78 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, and 17 high schools. As of 2013 , AISD covers 54.1% of

297-626: Is the inspiration for a cantata by the same name that was created by the modern English composer Andrew Downes to celebrate the Royal Opening of the Adrian Boult Hall in Birmingham, England, in 1986. Piers Anthony used Lanier, his life, and his poetry in his science-fiction novel Macroscope (1969). He quotes from "The Marshes of Glynn" and other references appear throughout the novel. In 1980, Yugoslav rock band Lutajuća Srca recorded

330-602: The Elizabethan sonneteers , Chaucer , and the Old English poets . He published a series of lectures entitled The English Novel (published posthumously in 1883) and a book entitled The Science of English Verse (1880), in which he developed a novel theory exploring the connections between musical notation and meter in poetry. Lanier finally succumbed to complications caused by his tuberculosis on September 7, 1881, while convalescing with his family near Lynn, North Carolina . He

363-753: The Texas Department of Public Safety headquarters. In 1989, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill allowing DPS to acquire the former Austin ISD headquarters. That building was known as the Irby B. Carruth Administration Building. From circa 1994 to 2019, the headquarters were at the Carruth Administration Center, on 1111 West Sixth Street. That building was sold, along with another AISD facility, in 2017. The Schlosser Development Corporation purchased

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396-611: The tidewater region of Virginia . Later, he and his brother Clifford served as pilots aboard English blockade runners , and Lanier's ship, the Lucy , was captured by the USS Santiago de Cuba , on November 3, 1864. He was incarcerated in a military prison at Point Lookout in Maryland , where he contracted tuberculosis (generally known as "consumption" at the time). He suffered greatly from this disease, then incurable and usually fatal, for

429-729: The "Hymns of the Marshes", which describe the vast, open salt marshes of Glynn County on the coast of Georgia. (The longest bridge in Georgia is in Glynn County and is named for Lanier.) Later in his short 39-year life, he became a student, lecturer, and, finally, a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, specializing in the works of the English novelists, Shakespeare ,

462-792: The "map that you have of the closures is a map of what 21st century racism looks like. ... Our process for selecting schools was flawed. It was inequitable." The six Trustees who voted to close the schools were Cindy Anderson, Amber Elenz, Geronimo Rodriguez, Jayme Mathias, Yasmin Wagner and Kristen Ashy. The following high schools cover grades 9 to 12, unless otherwise noted. Eastside Memorial Early College High School (2008-2021) Lanier Early College High School (1961-2019) Sidney Clopton Lanier (1961-2019) Reagan Early College High School (1965-2019) John Henninger Reagan (1965-2019) The Ann Richards School, Garza Independence High School, and LASA have independent campuses, but International High School shares

495-566: The 2012-13 school year, the TEA moved to a Pass/Fail system. In 2017, the TEA adopted an A-F accountability system. Like other Texas public school districts, AISD is funded through a combination of local property taxes , general state revenues (such as occupation taxes , Texas Lottery profits, and returns from the Permanent School Fund ), and federal education funds. The district also funds some facilities construction and improvements through

528-717: The City of Austin by area and serves 73.5% of its residents. In 2018-19, the school district was rated a B by the Texas Education Agency (TEA.) No state accountability ratings were given to districts for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. Prior to the 2011-12 school year, school districts in Texas could receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking). For

561-536: The Confederate military. The southeastern side bears this inscription: "To Sidney Lanier 1842–1880. The Catholic man who hath mightily won God out of knowledge and good out of infinite pain and sight out of blindness and purity out of a stain." The other poets on the monument are James Ryder Randall , Fr. Abram Ryan , and Paul Hayne . Baltimore honored Lanier with a large and elaborate bronze and granite sculptural monument, created by Hans K. Schuler and located on

594-561: The West Sixth facility. The district used the money from those sales to buy the current headquarters. From around July to September 2019 the headquarters moved to the current location. The employees who went to the current headquarters came from those two sold properties and one other property. Austin ISD operates AISD.TV on Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 22 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. Sidney Lanier Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881)

627-649: The boys of his day: He also wrote two travelogues that were widely read at the time, entitled Florida: Its Scenery, Climate and History (1875) and Sketches of India (1876) (although he never visited India). The Sidney Lanier Cottage in Macon, Georgia , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The square stone Four Southern Poets Monument , located between 7th and 8th Streets in Augusta, lists Lanier as one of Georgia's four great poets, all of whom were in

660-597: The building and divided it into three stories, removing the performance space, but a portion of the original hand-painted ceiling is still installed in one of the meeting rooms. The building is located at 110 East Ninth Street. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. This article related to Austin, Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Austin Independent School District Austin Independent School District (AISD)

693-495: The campus of the Johns Hopkins University . In addition to the monument at Johns Hopkins, Lanier was also later memorialized on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina . Upon the construction of the iconic Duke Chapel between 1930 and 1935 on the university's West Campus, a statue of Lanier was included alongside two fellow prominent Southerners, Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee . This statue, which appears to show

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726-528: The day. The "sprung verse" metric developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins at about the same time superficially resembles Lanier's practice but shows no influence (and there is no evidence that they knew each other or that either of them had read any of the other's works). Lanier also published essays on other literary and musical topics. He edited a notable series of four abridgements , published by Charles Scribner's Sons , of literary works about knightly combat and chivalry in modernized language more appealing to

759-543: The flute and decided to travel to the northeast in hopes of finding employment as a musician in an orchestra. Unable to find work in New York City, Philadelphia , or Boston , he signed on to play flute for the Peabody Orchestra in Baltimore, Maryland , shortly after its organization. He taught himself musical notation and quickly rose to the position of first flautist. He was famous in his day for his performances of

792-403: The issuance of debt by bond elections; AISD's most recent bond elections have been held in 2013, 2017, and 2022. Members are elected in nonpartisan elections and serve four year terms. Positions 1-7 are elected in single-member districts, while positions 8 and 9 are elected at-large . In the 1970s white flight to Westlake and other suburbs of Austin that were majority white began. In 1970

825-663: The rest of his life. Shortly after the war, he taught school briefly, then moved to Montgomery, Alabama , where he worked as a night clerk at the Exchange Hotel (a hotel partly owned by his grandfather; his brother Clifford also worked there and became a part owner after the war ), and also performed as a musician. He was the regular organist at the First Presbyterian Church in nearby Prattville . He wrote his only novel, Tiger Lilies (1867), while in Alabama. This novel

858-520: The student body of AISD was 37% non-Hispanic white. The Hispanic student population peaked in 2011, at 52,398 students. As of the 2016-17 school year, there are 48,386 Hispanic students, 22,761 non-Hispanic white students, and 6,578 African-American students. On November 18, 2019 the AISD board of Trustees voted 6-3 in favor of a plan closing four elementary schools. This vote was criticized by many, including AISD Chief Equity Officer, Dr. Hawley who stated that

891-424: The student body of AISD was 65% non-Hispanic (Anglo) white. In the late 1970s the student body was 57% non-Hispanic white, 26% Hispanic and Latino, and 15% African-American. Until 1978 AISD categorized Hispanics and Latinos as "white" so they could integrate them with African-Americans while leaving non-Hispanic whites out of integration. That year it was forced to integrate Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites. In 2000

924-591: The time was near Milledgeville, Georgia , and he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He graduated first in his class shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War . He returned to Oglethorpe the next year, as a tutor, and befriended Milton Harlow Northrup, a New York native, who was a conductor at the school. During the war, he served in the Confederate signal corps, primarily in

957-411: The works of his beloved Anglo-Saxon poets. He wrote several of his greatest poems in this meter, including "Revenge of Hamish" (1878), "The Marshes of Glynn" and "Sunrise". In Lanier's hands, the logaoedic dactylic meter led to a free-form, almost prose-like style of poetry that was greatly admired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Bayard Taylor , Charlotte Cushman , and other leading poets and critics of

990-474: Was 39. He is buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. With his theory connecting musical notation with poetic meter, and also being described as a deft metrical technical, in his own words 'daring with his poem 'Special Pleading' to give myself such freedom as I desired, in my own style' and also by developing a unique style of poetry written in logaoedic dactyls , which was strongly influenced by

1023-516: Was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned (resulting in his catching tuberculosis ), taught, worked at a hotel where he gave musical performances, was a church organist , and worked as a lawyer. As a poet he sometimes used dialects . Many of his poems are written in heightened, but often archaic, American English . He became

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1056-428: Was born February 3, 1842, in Macon , Georgia, to parents Robert Sampson Lanier and Mary Jane Anderson. On his father's side he was descended of French Huguenots . His middle name, "Clopton", was in honor of David Clopton , a former classmate of his father's. He began playing the flute at an early age, and his love of that musical instrument continued throughout his life. He attended Oglethorpe University , which at

1089-431: Was partly autobiographical, describing a stay in 1860 at his grandfather's Montvale Springs resort hotel near Knoxville, Tennessee . In 1867, he moved to Prattville, at that time a small town just north of Montgomery, where he taught at a small school. He married Mary Day of Macon in 1867 and moved back to his hometown, where he began working in his father's law office. After passing the Georgia bar, Lanier practiced as

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