Paducah ISD board offers Billy Arbogast a two-year probationary Administrator contract

The Paducah ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously May 27 to offer Billy Arbogast a two-year probationary Administrator contract in the professional capacity of Certified Principal for the 2026–27 and 2027–28 school years.

Trustee LeRoy Rodriguez moved, “I move that the Board offer a two-year probationary Administrator contract in the professional capacity of Certified Principal with other duties as assigned to Billy Arbogast for the school year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years.” The motion passed 6-0. The transcript does not record a second for that motion.

Board President Michael LeCroy and other trustees reconvened from a closed session held earlier in the meeting before making the offer. The board recorded no public deliberations about specific contract terms in the posted transcript; the action in open session was the formal motion and vote to extend the offer.

Billy Arbogast met with trustees earlier in the meeting and answered questions about his career, his stated passion for education, and his years of teaching and coaching; the transcript records that exchange but does not include direct quotes from Arbogast. Superintendent Gary Waitman was present for the meeting.

The board approved the offer with six affirmative votes; Trustee Jeff Richardson was noted as absent in the attendance roll. The contract was described as probationary and for the two school years named; no salary, start date, or other contract particulars are recorded in the public transcript.

Next steps were not specified in the posted minutes; the transcript does not state when the contract would be finalized, signed, or take effect beyond the identified school years.