Apr 25, 2012 THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
Written by Annie McCallum Bitter
Architects tasked with studying whether Sidney Lanier High School could separately house two of the area’s premier magnet programs have concluded it easily can be accomplished, but they did not say at what cost.
For months Montgomery Public Schools officials have debated whether Lanier could house Loveless Academic Magnet Program and Booker T. Washington Magnet high schools. In October, Brown Chambless Architects were asked to study Lanier, and Superintendent Barbara Thompson was expected to make a recommendation in December.
2:20 AM, Aug. 22, 2011 | Written by Annie McCallum Bitter
Volunteers Jerry Morris, left, with Leadership Montgomery and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and Corey Burton, also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, help clean up the grounds at Lanier High School in Montgomery on Aug. 13./Mickey Welsh/Advertiser
Unkempt hedges, overgrown grass, littered sidewalks, faded and chipped paint -- that's how Montgomery Public Schools' approximately 60 school campuses might have looked for the first day of school today.
Instead, students will come back to pristine school grounds, thanks to what resembled an army of volunteers.
Approximately 1,000 people took part in the annual School Clean Up, which is organized by the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. During the past two weeks, while students were soaking up the final days of summer, volunteers were out en masse trimming grass, painting buildings and picking up debris.
May. 20, 2011 | Montgomery Advertiser Written by Annie McCallum
A Montgomery Public Schools committee tasked with forming ideas for a future magnet center met for the second time Thursday. The group reviewed and clarified ideas, getting down to specifics. The two-hour meeting appeared less tense than the first session earlier this week, but similar concerns permeated the group, including maintaining the integrity of the current magnet programs. That has been a primary concern ever since the idea of magnet center was proposed this winter.
By Carl Poteat • Progress writer • October 16, 2010
Back in the 1960s, Jefferson Davis High School was built in Montgomery, siphoning off some football talent from Sidney Lanier and Robert E. Lee, which at the time were among the top high school football teams in the state.
August 4, 2010
I saw all the articles in the Advertiser concerning Sidney Lanier High School's celebration of its centennial celebration. It brought back some memories of my youth in Montgomery.
I spent seven years living in the Cottage Hill area of Montgomery, where I attended Cottage Hill Elementary School for four years and Baldwin Junior High School for three years.