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Recent Paducah Public Schools equity audit presents racial disparities, distrust, and potential solutions wkms.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkms.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. ....
City confronts racial trauma in wake of blackface image paducahsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from paducahsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kentucky city confronts racial trauma after photo resurfaces bgdailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bgdailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kentucky school superintendent suspended over blackface photo Share Updated: 9:53 AM EST Dec 15, 2020 The Associated Press Share Updated: 9:53 AM EST Dec 15, 2020 The Associated Press A Kentucky school board has suspended a superintendent after a photo of him in blackface surfaced on social media.Paducah Public Schools Superintendent Donald Shively must take 40 unpaid leave days for additional training, the school board decided last week after meeting for more than two hours on the issue, news outlets reported.The Paducah-McCracken County NAACP had called for Shively’s resignation over the photo, which was originally taken at a Halloween party almost 20 years ago.School Board Chairman Carl LeBuhn said officials agreed that the photo was offensive and its impact needed to be addressed. He said the board considered all options, but decided to allow Shively to remain in the position.Shively also issued an ....