Established 1958 Grades 9–12 Mascot Panthers Color Red and Black | Principal Kimberly Salyer Phone +1 502-485-8311 Founded 1958 Lowest grade Ninth grade | |
District Jefferson County Public Schools Similar Butler Traditional High Sch, duPont Manual High Sch, Fairdale High School, Saint Xavier High Sch, Holy Cross High School | ||
Pleasure Ridge Park High School is a public secondary school in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) district. It is next to Greenwood Road Elementary School and Valley Sports Little League.
The campus consists of five buildings, a football stadium, a softball field, a band practice field, a baseball field, a soccer field, and a football practice field. The main building consists of the Old Gym, the ITV room, the lunch room, the library, two computer labs, the main office, and the counselor's office. The tech building consists of the freshman office, a computer lab, and the weight room. The other three buildings are the E building and the New Gym and the Fine Arts Auditorium.
Football death
In January 2009, the school's football coach, David Jason Stinson, was indicted with a charge of reckless homicide in the death of lineman Max Gilpin, who collapsed during practice in August 2008 when the heat index reached 94. Gilpin had a temperature of 107 when he arrived at the hospital, and he died three days later. Stinson resigned pending the outcome of the case, and was found not guilty in September 2009.