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The Assistant Superintendent of the Jeffer–
son County School system, John
L.
Ramsey,
told the VALLEY HI-LITES in a recent inter–
view that Valley High School would go off
double sessions by September, 1966.
Two new schools will be built in the Valley
district, siphoning off 1200-1300 students
from a 1966 estimate of 4000 enrolled. The
schools are to be located on Shipley Lane in
Valley Village (Valley Junior High #1) and
at the corner of Valley Station Road and Old
Third Street Road behind Prairie Village
(V.J.H. #2) .
Both schools, which have not yet been
named but were merely given numbers, will
house primarily seventh and eighth graders.
This will allow Valley to become a four-grade
high school. All Valley Station youths in the
ninth through twelfth grades will remain in
the present VHS building.
3rd Largest
Valley, with the largest enrollment in Ken–
tucky, will be sheared down to about 2600
students from a high of 3700 presently en–
rolled. Valley's Dixie Highway neighbor,
Pleasure Ridge Park High School, will have
over 3200 students until January, 1967, when
another new school will alleviate the stress.
The Shipley Lane school will be fed by
Medora and Watson Lane Elementary Schools,
while Stonestreet and Valley Elementary
School students will go to the Prairie Village
building. To relieve these schools, both
i'f'·
ior highs will include some sixth graders.
900 south County youths will attend #1 .
About 1100 students from north of this
:Double cSessions 1n
'67
FUTURE SCHOOL ... The junior high school to be built on Shipley Lane will be modern
in
every
way. The first stage will be completed before September 1967. The next stage is
planned for the future high school needs.
district will be received at #2.
Both will be kept as junior high schools
as long as possible. However, in several
years, Valley #2 will begin step-by-step pro–
gression into a full fledged high school.
Valley #1 may stay small until the proposed
floodwall extension to Kosmosdale is built.
This is still quite disfant. In such a case,
the Valley Village area will have a growth
explosion.
New Teachers
A great number of new teachers will not
be needed since double sessions take many
more instructors than does one session. Ad–
ditional administrative help will be needed,
however. The biggest problem will be re–
districting and transportation.
"We are now counting pupils by grade
on every street to determine the districts
for these two new schools," explained Mr.
Ramsey. "The Valley High district will not
change, but those now walking to Valley
will ride a bus to #2. Those now riding
will walk there. It will be the same at #1.
Most students living in Valley Village will
walk, although they are now bussed to the
high school. Other present walkers will ride
to #1.
Problem Remains
Though the immediate crisis will be al–
leviated, the problem is still present. The
tremendous growth rate of Jefferson Coun–
ty out-distances the foresight of the parents
of the students in the school system. The
problem is particularly acute in this area.
"Over one-third of all Jefferson County
~tudents
live between Dixie Highway and
the Ohio River." That represents a much
greater percentage of students per square
mile than any other part of the country. And
still the building and' population are growing
by leaps and bounds. The future of Valley
students is secure for a few years. But then
where?
From: Valley Hi-Lites Dec., 1965