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School board adopts budget, sets tax rate

School board adopts budget, sets tax rate

The Princeton Independent School District plans to spend $144.6 million for the 2024-2025 school year after trustees adopted a new budget increasing expenditures by 15.36%. Jona Boitmann, assistant superintendent of finance, said 63.6% of the expenditures would be for...

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Campus construction continues

Campus construction continues

Princeton ISD is helping to manage multiple construction projects now underway within the district. Currently, the PHS softball and baseball fields are being turfed and another football field is under construction for junior high play near the multipurpose facility....

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Panthers prowl toward Homecoming

Panthers prowl toward Homecoming

The Princeton Panthers are gearing up for Homecoming festivities set to take place Friday, Oct. 5. The Homecoming game will be held at 7 p.m. at Jackie Hendricks Stadium against Frisco. Homecoming coronation will take place at 6:15 p.m. prior to the start of the game....

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Budget altered for long range planning

Budget altered for long range planning

Princeton ISD has made its first budget amendment of the year – to hire demographers in association with growth and future long range planning. The amendment also included additional revenue since the district received more money for students. Additional revenue was...

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Teacher grant helps make learning physics fun

Teacher grant helps make learning physics fun

Thanks to a teacher grant from Princeton ISD, students in Kyle Lamothe’s AP class at PHS were able to measure their actual motions as they learned complex physics concepts. Lamothe’s students utilized the new live-streaming motion sensors and watched the information...

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Instrumentalist makes National FFA Band

Instrumentalist makes National FFA Band

Daniel Self, a member of the Princeton chapter of FFA, will be on stage and in the spotlight Oct. 24-27 during the 2018 National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis. Daniel, the Princeton chapter president and the son of Norman and Rachel Self, has been selected...

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Ten candidates file for city council, school board

Ten candidates file for city council, school board

Filing has ended for city council and school board seats with contested races for both. Five candidates have filed for three seats on city council. Place 5 is uncontested with incumbent City Councilmember Steve Deffibaugh filing to retain his seat. Place 3 has two...

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Princeton ISD makes the grade with TEA ratings

Princeton ISD makes the grade with TEA ratings

Princeton ISD has made the grade, an A to be exact. The Texas Education Agency graded school districts across Texas and accountability ratings were released Wednesday, Aug. 15. Princeton received an A, as did nine other districts in Collin County. With an A rating,...

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Collin College tax rise proposed

Collin College tax rise proposed

Collin College trustees propose increasing the property tax rate by a fraction of a penny to help fund a proposed fiscal year 2018-‘19 budget of $285.7 million. The board of trustees will conduct the first of two meetings on the tax rate at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16...

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