Varied family considering move to Paducah

[jdavis69]

Originally Posted by EMerrill

I'm sure it's advise if she'd advised not to send kids to poorly funded schools, but throwing an extreme racial slur in the mix to fill in for the word "poverty" just gives me a hint of the economic and social air, and is, by all means, a racial comment.

It is a racial comment but there are some rural people in this area that never escaped the 50's too. There are small towns around here where there are no African Americans(examples: Marshall county is 98.1% white, Ballard county 94.9% white, Livingston county 98% white). There are racist around here but there are also a lot of people who just don't know better. Neither is the type of person you want to spend a lot of time with but there is a difference.

[allison25ky]

I have lived in paducah for 10 years and have 3 children. My oldest is in 1 st grade and we have now tried 4 different schools and havent found one that gives the personalized attention we are looking for. Yes there are private christain schools but i dont have two thousand a year to send him to one. The downtown are is full of culture, festivals and fun...also drugs. The police try to get a handle on the drugs to no avail. I am moving so i dont have to raise my kids in a town that is racsist (not everyone) and that doesnt grow their own drugs...please visit before moving here, looks can be VERY deciving