The Paducah Independent School District formed a committee to help the district become more racially equitable as part of an initiative to provide more equity throughout the school system.
The Paducah Racial Equity Initiative is a product of the University of Kentucky Education and Civil Rights Initiative, Millennium Learning Concepts and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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