 Four days a week in-person learning starts week of March 1 Beginning the week of March 1, McCracken County Schools will start in-person instruction Tuesday through Friday. Mondays will be used for virtual days.
Today, February 19, 650 McCracken County School teachers, administrators, and staff will get their booster COVID-19 vaccination. Having received their second shot has helped to prompt the board of education to unanimously vote to bring students back into the classroom. Here's a message from the McCracken County Schools Superintendent Steven Carter Starting the week of March 1, we will begin offering in-person learning four days a week, Tuesday through Friday, with Mondays reserved for virtual learning and deep cleaning of school buildings. We’ve been monitoring local Covid-19 data closely, preparing for the time we could safely return to more frequent in-person learning. That time finally came. McCracken County is no longer “in the red,” with an incidence rate of 12. This means McCracken’s seen only 12 average new daily cases for every 100,000 residents over the last seven days. Friday afternoon 650 school staff will receive their second dose of the vaccine, further improving conditions in our schools to allow for safe, in-person learning. We are beyond grateful to Baptist Health and the team of school nurses, staff and administrators who made this unprecedented vaccination effort possible. We will continue our current hybrid schedule until the week of March 1 to allow time for staff inoculations to take full effect. We’re so excited to welcome our kids back to school more often, and to finish out the school year strong. Families will still have the option of all-virtual learning for their children through the end of the school year. In our school buildings we’ll continue following the state’s Healthy at School guidelines, and we’ll work closely with the Purchase District Health Department to monitor Covid-19 locally. Food service will continue to deliver meals to all students on Mondays. In addition, meals will be delivered to all virtual students each Wednesday and Friday. Students who are 100% virtual will need to sign-up at this link for meal delivery-https://www.mccracken.kyschools.us/FoodService1.aspx We’re so thankful for the chance to see students in school, nearly full-time, and we plan to make the absolute most of it. One of the many lessons this year has taught us is that our time together is precious. Stay safe and take care. Warmer days are ahead! Steven T. Carter, Superintendent McCracken County Public Schools
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The Paducah Board of Education met Tuesday evening during a special called meeting. Members then went into executive session to go over personnel issues.
The last time the board met in executive session was December 11, 2020. The special called meeting was to address Dr. Donald Shively's blackface photo from a Halloween party nearly two decades ago. The board voted, with the exception of James Hudson who abstained, and the four remaining members agreed to 40 days of unpaid leave. The reprimand of 40 days without pay takes place over the next two school years. The board was in executive session for three hours to discuss personnel issues. There was no action taken. Executive sessions are closed meetings, therefore, the public nor the media were privy to the content of those discussions. If you would like to read more pertaining to the incident concerning the blackface Halloween photo, click on any of the following links: Paducah Superintendent interviews with local television station about racially-insensitive Halloween photo Board member have no plans to fire Shively as the Kentucky Department of Education learns of racially-insensitive photo Statement release Monday from Shively on plans to make amends A petition to remove Shively if circulating on the local NAACP Facebook page Organized protest set for Sunday to remove Shively It's the battle of the petitions, to keep or not to keep Shively Protestors gather on Sunday at PTHS Paducah Board of Education releases statement to address community concerns No immediate action is taken after the first executive session The racially-insensitive photo translates into 40 days unpaid leave A billboard on the busiest street in Paducah calls for Shively's termination |
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