Valley High School 1966 Yearbook (Valley Station, KY) - Full Access

Yareweff lo !Ji(oonhjhliny 7wo Jr. Jhj .hs lo 23e Yfu1/l: 0 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