Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
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Louisville, Kentucky United States
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | "Simply the Best" |
| Established | 1870 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Raymond Green |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,200 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Gold █ and Black █ |
| Mascot | Yellow Jackets |
| Website | Central High School |
Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 85°46′13″W / 38.25010°N 85.77020°W
Formally known as Louisville Central High School Magnet Career Academy, Central High School is a public high school in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Until 1956, Louisville Central High School was the only public high school in the city for African Americans. The United States Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools in 1954 in the famous Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas case. In 1956, Louisville public schools desegregated. Central, however, has a long and distinguished history. According to encyclopedists Aubespin, Clay, and Hudson: "Central High School opened in October, 1873 at Sixth and Kentucky". The school would have four other locations: Ninth and Magazine, Ninth and Chestnut, Eighth and Chestnut, and its current location of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets since 1952. The school was named Central Colored High School in 1892 and John Maxwell was its first principal.
Specializing in preparing students for professional careers, Central offers many magnet programs. As an all-magnet school, it has no home district, instead it brings in students from throughout the Jefferson County Public School System.
Not only has Louisville Central's 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012 football team become 3A champions, their basketball team won 2008's regional basketball championship and was one of two schools in the county attending the sweet sixteen games. Their band, featuring the "Yellow Jacket Drumline", "The Flag Girls" and the "Stingettes" majorette dance team, has become one of the most talented musical ensembles in the region; it is also the first in the county to incorporate majorettes.
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