# Paducah Board of Education Regular Meeting August 2026


**Body:** Paducah Public Schools
**Date:** October 23, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Paducah Board of Education regular meeting (October 23, 2026, per metadata) included several procurement and capital-project actions. The board approved a contract with Tri Turf for softball-field drainage work, with staff reporting about $7,000 in savings from working directly with the vendor and roughly $100,000 remaining in the project budget. It also approved contractor payments for the Forest Hill Solar Project (BG25284), pay application 4 for $63,888.60; the Tilman culinary lab project, approximately $76,800, with the overall upgrade described as nearly $800,000; and Memorial Stadium concrete repairs (BD25196), with a payment recorded as $734,776. The board also approved a resolution authorizing an application for up to $2.5 million in 2026 grant funds; discussion referenced a $50 million regional disaster-grant pool and a potential 20% match. The listed action items received affirmative roll-call votes, although some vote details and amounts are garbled in the transcript.

The superintendent recommended proposed property-tax rates of 86.2 cents per $100 of assessed value for real property and 88.2 cents for personal property, and the board considered scheduling a public tax hearing; the transcript does not clearly establish the final vote or hearing details. A community member asked the district to explore broader, low-cost community access to school athletic facilities and coordination with the city parks department, but no action was taken. The meeting also covered student recognitions, Advanced Placement participation and results, and routine personnel items.

**Source:** Paducah Public Schools