Butler Traditional High School
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| Suda E. Butler Traditional High School | |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | "Make It a Great Butler Day" |
| Established | 1954 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | William Allen |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,450 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red █ , White █ |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Yearbook | The Den |
| Website | schools |
Butler Traditional High School is a high school in Louisville, Kentucky which follows the traditional school program.[definition needed]
History
Suda E. Butler High School opened in 1954. It was chosen in 1988 as the second high school in Jefferson County to offer the Traditional Program. In this program the standards of patriotism, morality, and personal integrity are stressed in a structured learning environment. The school has a strict dress code, discipline code, heterogeneous grouping, technology major, and college preparatory curriculum. It is the only school in JCPS to obtain and/or exceed its goal for CATS testing every year during the existence of the yearly examinations. They recently, in the 2009-2010 school year, added the Freshman Academy to their school. Within the next two or three years they plan on changing from the traditional semester to trimester schedule.
In 2009 it was a Host School for Superintendent Sheldon Burman's Superintendent's Student Advisory Council to discuss how JCPS can better prepare high schoolers for life after high school.
Butler Traditional won the Top School Award (WLKY's High School Cribs) in Kentuckiana from WLKY News 32 in 2007. It was also featured on WLKY High School Cribs again in 2009.
In 2016, Butler Traditional High School came under fire from Kentucky state legislator Attica Scott and others for its dress code, which includes language forbidding many hairstyles common among African-Americans.[1][2]
Sports
Clubs and activities
Notable alumni and faculty
- Lance Burton, master magician
- Adam Duvall, Major League Baseball outfielder
- Adrienne Johnson, former WNBA player[3]
- Jodie Mudd, former PGA golfer
- Dale Romans, horse trainer (2011 Preakness winner)
- John Wesley Shipp, television and movie actor
- Chris Smith, Major League Baseball pitcher
See also
References
- ^ Konz, Antoinette (28 July 2016). "Butler High School hair policy draws criticism from incoming state lawmaker". WRDB. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ King, Shaun. "KING: School's Natural Hairstyle Ban Condemns Black Culture." NY Daily News. N.p., 28 July 2016. Web. 29 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/091206aaa.html