Paducah Public Schools

We were honored to host the Paducah/McCracken County Retired Teachers Association & Kentucky Education Association Retirees for lunch today. Thank you for all you have done to serve our students and our communities!

Paducah Tilghman Assistant Golf Coach Charli Doss has been awarded the 2024 Stewart Gregory Award from the Bluegrass Golf Tour. The Stewart Gregory Award recognizes golf coaches that dedicate their time teaching, inspiring, encouraging, challenging, and building teams as community and family leaders. Coach Doss has demonstrated all of these qualities this year with the high school and middle school golf teams. After ending her college career on the Murray State women’s golf team she has continued to give back to her alma mater as a teacher at Paducah Middle and as assistant coach with both the Paducah Tilghman boys’ and girls’ golf team for the past two years. Doss helped to provide more golf opportunities for junior golfers to pay in Western Kentucky by serving as Director of the Western Kentucky Series with the Bluegrass Golf Tour in 2024. She will receive her award at the Bluegrass Cup Banquet on Saturday, November 2 in Bowling Green. Congratulations, Coach Doss!

The Kentucky Center for School Safety’s Safe Schools Week is October 20-26! This week aims to “Level Up” school safety with the goal of raising awareness about various aspects of school safety and empowering students, teachers, parents, and the community to take proactive measures to create a safe learning environment. Over the course of this week, we will be featuring our Student Resource Officers at each school and share a quick fact about school safety in our schools. SRO Cassandra Ravens Paducah Police Department, Patrol 2016-2021 Student Resource Officer, 2021-Present Contact Officer Ravens at cassandra.ravens@paducah.kyschools.us School Safety Fact: Exterior doors are locked during instruction time and are controlled electronically and monitored by video cameras. Visitors must enter through a double vestibule, provide an ID, sign in, and get a visitor pass before entering the school. All classroom doors must be shut and locked during the school day.

The Kentucky Center for School Safety’s Safe Schools Week is October 20-26! This week aims to “Level Up” school safety with the goal of raising awareness about various aspects of school safety and empowering students, teachers, parents, and the community to take proactive measures to create a safe learning environment. Over the course of this week, we will be featuring our Student Resource Officers at each school and share a quick fact about school safety in our schools. SRO Robert Beach, McNabb Elementary Nevada Department of Prisons 1997-1999 City of Las Vegas Deputy Marshal 1999-2021 Field Training Officer, Bike Patrol Officer, Dignitary Protection, SERT Team Member Department Instructor for Firearms, Defensive Tactics, Taser, Less Than Lethal Munitions, OC Spray McNabb Elementary School Resource Officer 2022-Present Contact Officer Beach at robert.beach@paducah.kyschools.us School Safety Fact: Not only do School Resource Officers have the same training required of every Kentucky police officer under Peace Officer Professional Standards (POPS). SROs must complete an additional 120 hours of training in school and law enforcement related topics.

Season Tickets are available for the 24-25 season of Paducah Tilghman Basketball. Season tickets are $100 per chair seat and are valid for all regular season home games for both Boys & Girls JV and Varsity. To renew your tickets or for information on how to purchase season tickets, please see the attached flyer.

INVITATION TO BID The Paducah Board of Education will receive sealed bids for the following surplus equipment. 1. 8 Ton Ram NAPA engine hoist 2. Air floor jack 3. Delta Rockwell drill press 4. Engine stands, two available 5. Manual jack 6. Special Needs bus lift 7. Sun Battery Charger Individual bids will be accepted October 23 - November 1, 2024. For questions concerning this bid or to make an appointment to look at the equipment, please call Victor Bolton, Lead Mechanic at (270) 444-5635 ext. 1204. For questions pertaining to bid submission, please contact Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director at (270) 444-5635 ext. 1200. You may bring or mail your bid to the following address. Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director 401 Gould Avenue Paducah, KY. 42003 Attn: Transportation Equipment Bi

INVITATION TO BID The Paducah Board of Education will receive sealed bids for the following surplus equipment. 1. Club Car Electric Golf Cart - will not start and has wiring issues 2. Stihl Edger Individual bids will be accepted October 23 - November 1, 2024. For questions concerning this bid or to make an appointment to look at the equipment, please call Todd Moore, Maintenance Manager at (270) 969-0322 or Scott McDonald at (270) 243-5849. For questions pertaining to bid submission, please contact Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director at (270) 444-5635 ext. 1200. You may bring or mail your bid to the following address. Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director 401 Gould Avenue Paducah, KY. 42003 Attn: Maintenance Equipment Bid

INVITATION TO BID The Paducah Board of Education will receive sealed bids for the following surplus school bus. 1. Freightliner 66 passenger bus with Mercedes engine. The bus will run but has transmission issues, and has limited gear shifting responses. Individual bids will be accepted October 23 - November 1, 2024. For questions concerning this bid or to make an appointment to look at the equipment, please call Victor Bolton, Lead Mechanic at (270) 444-5635 ext. 1204. For questions pertaining to bid submission, please contact Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director at (270) 444-5635 ext. 1200. You may bring or mail your bid to the following address. Steve Spraggs, Transportation Director 401 Gould Avenue Paducah, KY. 42003 Attn: Transportation Equipment Bid

The Kentucky Center for School Safety’s Safe Schools Week is October 20-26! This week aims to “Level Up” school safety with the goal of raising awareness about various aspects of school safety and empowering students, teachers, parents, and the community to take proactive measures to create a safe learning environment. Over the course of this week, we will be featuring our Student Resource Officers at each school and share a quick fact about school safety in our schools. SRO Gretchen Morgan, Clark Elementary Paducah Police Department 2003-Present Contact Officer Morgan at gretchen.morgan@paducah.kyschools.us School Safety Fact: Each year all of our schools must pass a 66-point school risk assessment inspection conducted by a compliance officer with the Kentucky Office of State School Security Marshal. The inspection ensures Paducah Public Schools are in compliance with all school safety laws and procedures.

Senior Night for Band, Cheer, & Football will be this Friday, October 25 at 6:25 p.m. prior to the PTHS vs. Calloway County game. Seniors and their parents should meet on the field at the High Jump area by Jackson Street at 6:10 p.m. Line up will begin at 6:15 p.m. You will walk to your spots at 6:20 p.m. and the ceremony will begin at 6:25 p.m.

The Kentucky Center for School Safety’s Safe Schools Week is October 20-26! This week aims to “Level Up” school safety with the goal of raising awareness about various aspects of school safety and empowering students, teachers, parents, and the community to take proactive measures to create a safe learning environment. Over the course of this week, we will be featuring our Student Resource Officers at each school and share a quick fact about school safety in our schools. SRO supervisor Scotty Davis, Morgan Elementary McCracken County Sheriff’s Office (Special Deputy) 1997-1999 Paducah Police Department (Patrol Officer, Training Officer) 2000-2020 Paducah Public Schools (SRO Supervisor) 2022-Present Contact Officer Davis at scotty.davis@paducah.kyschools.us School Safety Fact: Each year we must review and update our all-hazards approach Emergency Operations Plan. We review those plans with staff prior to the school year and share them with all the first responder agencies in McCracken County. The Emergency Operations Plans include conducting over 25 school safety drills for fire, bomb threat, lockdown, severe weather, earthquake, reverse evacuation, and shelter in place.

The Paducah Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 5:00 pm Monday, October 21, 2024, at the Paducah Innovation Hub, 500 South 25th Street, Paducah. Here is a link to the agenda- https://5il.co/2z9jz Everyone is welcome! Here is video by student board members Madalynn Dochniak and KJ Wade that explains what to expect at board meeting. https://5il.co/2wnbf

Season Tickets are available for the 24-25 season of Paducah Tilghman Basketball. Season tickets are $100 per chair seat and are valid for all regular season home games for both Boys & Girls JV and Varsity. To renew your tickets or for information on how to purchase season tickets, please see the attached flyer.

The Paducah Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2024, at the Paducah Innovation Hub, 500 South 25th Street, Paducah. A special meeting of the District Finance Corporation will immediately follow the board meeting. Agenda - https://5il.co/2z9jz

Lady Tornado Basketball Winter League for 2nd thru 5th grade girls will begin Saturday, October 19. The cost is $35 per student. Once your child is signed up, you will receive notification from a member of the high school via email, text, and/or phone regarding the following information: team coaches, schedules, and practice times. At this time, the Winter League will be including students in grades 2nd – 5th . You can sign up your child/children today by clicking the link below. Please see the brochure for more information. https://forms.office.com/r/fJD1xjuuUe

Join us on October 24 for a Community Forum hosted by the PTHS Student Equity Advisory Committee.

Season Tickets are available for the 24-25 season of Paducah Tilghman Basketball. Season tickets are $100 per chair seat and are valid for all regular season home games for both Boys & Girls JV and Varsity. To renew your tickets or for information on how to purchase season tickets, please see the attached flyer.

Auriane, an exchange student from France who is at Paducah Tilghman, won the National CHI Academic Year Program "Back to School" video contest! You can see her winning video at the link. We appreciate the new energy and perspectives that our exchange students bring to Paducah Tilghman. Thank you, Auriane, for sharing your Tilghman Pride! https://fb.watch/vd7Tttsbcl/

We would would like to wish all our Child Nutrition Professionals a happy National School Lunch Week!

Reminder: The Monday after Fall Break , October 14, will be for teachers only. We'll see our students back at school on Tuesday, October 15.