Texans can save money on tax-free purchases of most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — selling for less than $100 — during the Tax-Free weekend, a yearly event begun in 1999, the state comptroller’s office says. Qualifying items can be purchased...
Trina Perkins, namesake of Perkins Early Childhood Center. A teacher replaced a trustee on the Princeton ISD school board in 2025 and the district added 1,388 students during the year for a total enrollment of 11,467. PISD earned an overall B rating for the 2024-25...
Phil Anthony is retiring after more than 24 years with Princeton ISD, serving first as superintendent, then as executive director of operations. Bob Wieland/The Princeton Herald Longtime Princeton ISD administrator Phil Anthony has officially retired from the...
The Princeton Independent School District will ask the Texas Education Commissioner to delay implementation of teacher certification requirements in House Bill 2 (HB 2) passed earlier this year by the Legislature. The bill significantly tightened teacher certification...
Harper Elementary School first grader Aaruhi Bhaumik displays the PISD Christmas card she designed. She is joined by Rachel Nicks, executive director of elementary education, left, and Cyndi Darland, outgoing school board president. Courtesy Princeton ISD Trustees of...
According to complete, unofficial returns from the Tuesday, Nov. 4, election Sonia Ledezma incumbent Trustee John Campbell have been elected the the PISD Board of Trustees. According to complete, unofficial returns from the Tuesday, Nov. 4, election, voters in the...
Rapid growth has outpaced even the most aggressive building plans, leaving Princeton ISD administrators dependent on portable classrooms and future state action to maintain classroom space as enrollment continues to climb. Speaking to the Monday, Oct. 10, meeting of...
Early voting has begun for the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election in which seven candidates are seeking two seats on the Princeton Independent School District Board of Trustees. Early voting ends Friday, Oct. 31. Two incumbents elected in 2022, Julia Schmoker and John...
The Texas Education Agency found no major security problems with district campuses, Superintendent Donald McIntyre said, although a vulnerability audit found several minor issues that needed correcting. The most common problem required the placement of cameras or...
