Austin-East High School
She had arrived in Knoxville in 1870 with the goal of helping to educate African American children, who at the time were schooled in church basements, lodge halls, and one-room schoolhouses scattered throughout the area.[3] Edenton, North Carolina, native John W. Manning became school principal in 1881, the first black person to hold that position.[3] In 1916, Austin High School left its initial location on Central Street in Knoxville to move to a new building on Payne Avenue.[3] In 1952 Austin moved to a new modern building one block from its previous location, remaining there until its merger with East High School.After several years of failing to meet performance benchmarks set under the No Child Left Behind Act, in 2008-2009 the school was reorganized into small learning communities.Another police officer was wounded by a friendly fire shot, that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation originally incorrectly blamed on Thompson.[24] On May 14 the DA announced that a local man, Kelvon Foster, 21, had been charged in state court with illegally providing a gun to Anthony Thompson.