PADUCAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Central Office staff

Vance Ramage, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Phone - (502) 444-5606
E-Mail - vramage@paducah.k12.ky.us

Tom Ballowe, Ph.D.
Director of Special Programs & Services
Phone - (502) 444-5629
E-Mail - tballowe@paducah.k12.ky.us

Lyman Brown
Director of Student Services & Pupil Personnel
Phone - (502) 444-5627
E-Mail - lbrown@paducah.k12.ky.us

Dennis Jackson
Director of District Personnel
Phone - (502) 444-5614
E-Mail - djackson@paducah.k12.ky.us

Dana Kendall
Director of Finance
Phone - (502) 444-5611
E-Mail - dkendall@paducah.k12.ky.us

Vickie Maley
Director of District Instructional Programs
Phone - (502) 444-5615
E-Mail - vmaley@paducah.k12.ky.us

Jeff Nelson
District Technology Coordinator
Phone - (502) 444-5637
E-Mail - jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us

Dona Rains
Director of Information Services
Phone - (502) 444-5623
E-Mail - drains@paducah.k12.ky.us

Carolin Roberts
Board Secretary
Phone - (502) 444-5606
E-Mail - croberts@paducah.k12.ky.us


About the District

ENROLLMENT
3,350 students in grades K-12
265 preschoolers in Head Start
About 500 a year in adult education

TUITION
About 170 out-of-district students pay tuition to attend our schools. Tuition is $400 a year for one student, $200 for the second student, $100 for the third student -- not to exceed $700 a year for one family.

STAFF
252 certified (90 percent have studied above the bachelor's degree level)
256 classified or support staff
Annual Payroll: $13 million
The staff receives four days a year of professional development training.

TECHNOLOGY
1 computer per seven students
The district has spent more than $750,000 in 5 years to buy 600 computers, 87 percent of which are available for student use.

FINANCES
More than $4,800 is budgeted for each student in a $15.2 million general fund budget. Of the total expenditures, about 65 percent goes for instruction and 3.5 percent for administration.

Local Tax Rates
60.0 cents per $100 real and personal property
56.6 cents per $100 motor vehicles
3% utility tax

1997-98 Allocations to each school council
Paducah Tilghman High School$1,725,845
Paducah Middle School$933,217
McNabb Elementary$1,158,082
Clark Elementary$1,097,043
Cooper-Whiteside Elementary$840,606
Morgan Elementary$499,577

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