Initial Naming
The school was originally proposed as Wisertown High School, in honor of the area of the county in which the school is/was located, but was, instead, named for a former member of the Jefferson County Board of Education. (At the time Doss was built, Jefferson County population was growing. The City of Louisville had a separate Board of Education, and the city's population was declining. The two school systems were merged in the mid-1970s.) Fairdale High School is Doss' rival school and as such always stirs up public and community interest when ever the two schools compete against each other in any sporting event.
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