Credit Youtube / Screenshot The Paducah Board of Education after about two hours of private deliberation in executive session directed Superintendent Donald Shively to take 40 days of unpaid leave for “additional training, education, and community involvement.” This action follows weeks of community unrest and calls for Shively’s resignation by parents, community members, and the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP with the resurfacing of a photo of Shively in blackface. The motion passed by the board directs Shively to take 40 days off between now and 2022, with 20 of those days off between now and the start of the 2021 school year. Board member James Hudson abstained from the vote, with all others voting in favor.