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A Kentucky public school superintendent has been suspended for 40 days without pay after an 18-year-old photo of him in blackface was brought to light in October.
The Paducah Public School Board said Donald Shively’s time off will be “for the purposes of additional education, training and community involvement,” according to the
WPSD-6 notes that all that training, etc., is specifically for “racial equity.” Twenty days of the suspension will occur this year, and the other 20 next year.
The school board admitted it had known about the photograph, taken at a 2002 Halloween party, since early last year (Shively brought it to its attention himself) but decided to take no action.
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The Paducah Board of Education after about two hours of private deliberation in executive session directed Superintendent Donald Shively to take 40 days of unpaid leave for “additional training, education, and community involvement.”
This action follows weeks of community unrest and calls for Shively’s resignation by parents, community members, and the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP with the resurfacing of a photo of Shively in blackface.
The motion passed by the board directs Shively to take 40 days off between now and 2022, with 20 of those days off between now and the start of the 2021 school year. Board member James Hudson abstained from the vote, with all others voting in favor.
Shively again apologized for posing in blackface, and said he is committed to going through the education and training the school board voted to require of him.Â
PADUCAH â The Paducah Board of Education has voted to request that Superintendent Donald Shively take 40 days of unpaid leave to obtain education, training and community involvement on racial equity.Â
This, after the board met in an executive session regarding a photo of Shively in blackface was circulated on social media.Â
Twenty of those days of leave are to take place during the current school year, and 20 are to take place next school year.Â