Archives Closed Schools N-P: Parkland Junior High School

Other Name: Johnson Middle School; Lyman Johnson Traditional Middle School; Parkland Middle School

Last Address: 2509 Wilson Street

Year Opened: 1930

Year Closed: 1980

Parkland Junior High School was named for the area of the city of Louisville in which it was located.  In 1977 all junior high schools became middle schools.  Parkland was renamed Lyman T. Johnson Middle School in 1980 for a prominent Louisville teacher and civil rights activist who served as assistant principal at Parkland and was elected to the Jefferson County Board of Education.