District overview
Paris Independent School District
What Paris Independent board records show from September 2025 through August 2026.
What is shaping the district?
Paris Independent serves about 800 students. Board records track a completed preschool addition and new safety, parking, gym, and playground work.
805 students
Federal finance data report 805 students in 2023-24.
$13,911 per student
Federal data report current spending per student for 2023-24.
Up to $700,000
The board authorized districtwide safety and classroom audio upgrades.
The collected records do not give a full cost and completion schedule for every current project.
Where the district stands
2023-24 federal finance data.
Federal 2023-24 current-spending measure.
Major projects
Classroom audio and safety upgrades
Contract authority approvedThe board authorized a contract of up to $700,000 for districtwide safety and instructional upgrades from Audio Enhancement.
- Contract authority approved up to $700,000
- Installation update scheduled for the board
Funding
District funds; contract capped at $700,000 in the collected minutes.
Elementary and preschool site work
Preschool addition substantially complete; more work proposedThe board closed out major parts of the Paris Elementary preschool addition and later listed parking, gym-floor, and playground work.
- Preschool addition substantial completion approved
- Paris Elementary gym-floor update listed
- Parking bid and playground project scheduled for consideration
Funding
District facility funds; total for the newer work is not stated in collected records.
Recent news
All 21 official records were reviewed chronologically, grouping paired agendas and minutes into meetings. Federal finance context comes from the 2023-24 Annual Survey of School System Finances.
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