Lafayette High School (Kentucky)

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Lafayette High School
The front facade of a two-story brick building with a white cupola
Lafayette in August 2019
Address
401 Reed Ln[1]

Lexington
,
Kentucky
40503

United States
Coordinates38°01′30″N 84°31′30″W / 38.025°N 84.525°W / 38.025; -84.525Coordinates: 38°01′30″N 84°31′30″W / 38.025°N 84.525°W / 38.025; -84.525
Information
School typePublic, High school
Founded1939
PrincipalBryne Jacobs (2018)
Teaching staff118.00 (FTE)
Enrollment2362 (2019–20 AY)
 • Grade 927.65%
 • Grade 1026.60%
 • Grade 1124.13%
 • Grade 1221.53%
Student to teacher ratio19.25:1
Schedule typeBlock scheduling
ACT average22 (2017–18 AY)[3]
NewspaperThe Lafayette Times[2]
Websitewww.fcps.net/Page/63
Blason fam fr Motier de La Fayette.svg
Coat of arms of the house of La Fayette
(Gules, a bend or, with a bordure vair)

Lafayette High School is a public high school in Lexington, Kentucky that has been open for 83 years, seen the beginning of racially-desegregated education in the city, and been overseen by eight principals.

History[]

Founded in 1939 to replace Picadome High School, Lafayette High School was built on the grounds of a former orphanage[2] with funding from the Works Progress Administration. The school was named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette; the French general's family gave the school permission to use their family coat of arms as a logo.[4] The school shared its property with a mansion—The Elms—until the latter burned down a few months into the first school year. In 1955, Lafayette was the first white school in Lexington to be racially integrated[2] when Helen Caise Wade (a student at Lexington's all-black ) took a summer school course in US history.[5]

Dwight Price (born 1930 or 1931) was principal from 1972–87.[2] After its comprehensive 1998 building renovation,[4] Lafayette implemented block scheduling beginning with the 2000–01 academic year.[3] In 2012, the school received its eighth principal: Memphis, Tennessee-native and University of Kentucky graduate Bryne Jacobs (born 1978 or 1979). Jacobs previously worked at Lexington's Paul Laurence Dunbar High School from 2000–12,[2] and was still at Lafayette through at least the 2017–18 academic year.[2] Renovation of the school's stadium was completed in 2010.[4]

Part of the Fayette County Public Schools school district, Lafayette had 2271 enrolled students across grades 9–12 in the 2018–19 academic year (628 freshmen, 604 sophomores, 548 juniors, and 489 seniors). With 118.00 full-time equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.25:1. Of the student body, 0.00% were Native American, 5.55% were Asian, 11.89% were black, 10.79% were Hispanic, 0.09% were Pacific Islanders, 68.34% were white, and 3.35% were multiracial.[1] According to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, for the 2019–20 academic year, Lafayette had the largest enrollment of any high school in the state, with 2,362 students.[6]

Academics[]

Lafayette's northwest wing

As of the 2017–18 academic year, Lafayette offered two specialized programs for its students: the School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCAPA) and the Pre-Engineering Program. SCAPA was "designed for students who excel in art, ballet, band, contemporary dance, creative writing, drama, piano, strings, and voice", and required an audition to be considered for the program. The latter offering was a program "designed to provide students with the skills needed to succeed in such mathematically rigorous and technical fields as engineering, architecture, medicine, computer programming, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics."[3]

Extracurriculars[]

The Lafayette boys' basketball team won the Sweet Sixteen championship in 1942, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1979, and 2001.[7] The baseball team won the state championship in 1988, 1989, and 1992.[8] The Lafayette marching band was awarded The Sudler Shield by the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 1991 and 1998.[9]

Notable alumni[]

References[]

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  3. ^ a b c "Our School / About the School". Fayette County Public Schools. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Our School / School History". Fayette County Public Schools. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Lane, Tammy L. (March 1, 2010). "Woman who broke color barrier visits Rosa Parks". Fayette County Public Schools. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019–2020 Audited School Enrollments" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  7. ^ "KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16® All-Time Winners" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Baseball All-time Titles by School" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Previous Recipients of the Sudler Shield Award". John Philip Sousa Foundation. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
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  11. ^ Truman, Cheryl (July 13, 2015). "Lexington's Clark Janell Davis, 17 is ready to be Miss America, then POTUS". Lexington Herald-Leader. ISSN 0745-4260. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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  13. ^ "Dirk Minniefield Stats". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  14. ^ Tuohy, Lynne (January 5, 2013). "Lexington's Gene Robinson, the first gay Anglican bishop, is retiring". Lexington Herald-Leader. Concord, New Hampshire. Associated Press. ISSN 0745-4260. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  15. ^ Dunlap, Rebekah (October 24, 2017). "From Lafayette to Broadway: The Story of Colton Ryan". Lafayette Times. Lafayette High School. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
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