"Colored Schools": Parkland Colored School #U

Other Name: Parkland School

Last Address: 36th and Southern Avenue

Year Opened: 1922

Year Closed: 1955

In the late 1940's the word colored was dropped from the school name and this became Parkland School.  Parkland Elementary continued to operate as a separate school for white students.  Parkland School closed just prior to desegregation of Louisville schools.