It was chosen in 1988 as the second high school in Jefferson County to offer the Traditional Program.

In this program the standards of patriotism, morality, and personal integrity are stressed in a structured learning environment.

Within the next two or three years they plan on changing from the traditional semester to trimester schedule.

In 2009 it was a Host School for Superintendent Sheldon Burman's Superintendent's Student Advisory Council to discuss how JCPS can better prepare high schoolers for life after high school.

Butler Traditional won the Top School Award (WLKY's High School Cribs) in Kentuckiana from WLKY News 32 in 2007.