Hey, an AI hallucination:
Doing a little more traditional research, I found out that the mascot comes from Lanier being a vocational high school.
Now, what does a Vok look like exactly? Well, it appears AI got it right this time: “The mascot is often a personified gear, emphasizing unity and strength through participation in the school community”:
Or even more scarily:
Lanier is actually Sidney Lanier, the Confederate poet. And, yes, there was such a thing as a Confederate poet.
He’s actually a pretty interesting fellow. War-wise, he served as a private in the Confederate army, worked on a blockade runner, and was captured & imprisoned (catching the TB that would take his life at age 39). In addition, he was very musical (as flautist, organist & composer) and was also a teacher (including at Johns Hopkins).
Interestingly, he is the namesake of 14 schools (including 1 college), a couple of lakes, a county, an island, a bridge, a scholarship at UCLA, and lots more.
The high school dates back to 1915. Currently, it has about 1,550 students, and is 95% Latino. As for that last bit, it was the first high school in the US to offer classes in mariachi music.
Also along those same lines, the school’s 1939 boys basketball team made some history by beating the local all-white high school for the city championship. Their star was all of 5’1”.
San Antonio’s big enough to have its own NBA team, so I won’t say any more about it.
And also this place
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