The PISD Administration is fenced off while workers remove and replace the exterior wall. Courtesy Photo Like pieces on a chessboard, Princeton ISD offices have been moved all around while the administration building is repaired. A torrential downpour last fall sent...
No four-day school week for PISD
Trustees of the Princeton Independent School District rejected a four-day school week and gave Superintendent Donald McIntyre a raise after receiving a glowing report on district academic performance. The board also received a report saying the school system has a...
Martian city plan wins prize
Lowe Elementary School fourth-graders, from left, Mateo Papa, William Lavender and Parker Morris won a $100 prize by designing a city on Mars. Courtesy PISD Three Lowe Elementary 4th-graders designed a futuristic city on Mars and won an engineering award for their...
Students focus on water shortages
FCCLA officer Anthony Rosales introduces the water shortage advocacy group to a Lions Club Meeting. From left, Leah Bartling, Pedro Nzungani and Saray Esquival. Courtesy Photo Three Princeton High School students are raising awareness about water shortages in...
Mattei educator honored by VFW
History teacher Adam Johnson wears a regulation U.S. Army uniform from 1852 that would have been worn by troops stationed in Texas before the Civil War. Courtesy Photo Eighth-grade history teacher Adam Johnson wears a lot of hats on the job. And he has uniforms to...
PISD preparing for 6A competitions
Princeton’s rapid and relentless growth dominated several policy discussions at the Monday, Jan. 22, meeting of the Princeton ISD Board of Trustees. It was the first school board meeting to be livestreamed and archived on YouTube via a link on princetonisd.net....
New law takes tough stance on student vaping
A new Texas law has brought steep punishments for students caught vaping on school campuses. Signed June 13 by Gov. Greg Abbott, House Bill 114 (HB 114) went into effect Sept. 1, just weeks after the 2023-24 school year started. With punishment previously at a...
County livestock show opens Jan. 6
Peyton and Cullen Jenkins show off their sheep and goat at the Collin County Junior Livestock Show in McKinney last year. File Photo After months of hard work, Collin County FFA and 4-H students will step into the show ring at the 2024 Collin County Junior Livestock...
Enrollment keeps growing; PHS to become 6A school
There was a shuffle on the Princeton Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023. Board President Cyndi Darland was re-elected and again selected by her colleagues to head the board but Vice President Chad Jones placed third in a four-candidate race and was...