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October 12, 2016

12th & Chicon: The Absence of Anderson High

By: Kate McGee

In the summer of 1971, after years of trying to get families to integrate within different schools across Austin, the school district was forced to close Anderson High School. Students were rezoned to other high schools across the city, but it’s a move that still resonates within the community decades later.