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Paris High School (Kentucky)

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The new school building was much larger and could accommodate up to 750 students, it featured with four porch columns. In 1923, the second floor of the building was dedicated as the Paris Junior High School. In 1928, a gymnasium was added to the complex. The building was demolished in 1966. But the
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Paris City School was founded in 1865 as a segregated public high school for white students, under the leadership of principal Julius Herrick. The during the first year the class consisted of the principal, 3 teachers and 130 students, and was held in the former Bourbon Academy building on Pleasant
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The Bourbon Academy, was formed in 1798 as an act of Kentucky Legislature and was the earliest school in the county. The Bourbon Academy was donated 6000 acres of land for its endowment; and opened for classes starting in May 1800, with teacher Isaac Tull and a tuition requirement. Its educational
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Paris High School offers the following of AP classes, Art History, Biology, Calculus, and English Literature. Since 2012, the school hosts the Paris Academy of Health Sciences (AOHS). Paris High School has partnerships for extended learning with Maysville Community College, Racer Academy through
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Other early principals at the Paris City School included George Varden from 1867 to 1868; W. H. Lockhart from 1868 to 1871; W. E. Clarke from 1871 to 1873; Ben D. Best from 1873 to 1874; Pukett from 1874 to 1880; and H. R. Blaisdell from 1880 to 1882.
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style building was finished by 1890 and located on 7th Street. On January 28, 1907, a faulty furnace burned down the school, classes were temporarily held in the courthouse basement until the new school building could be finished the following year.
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The Paris High School won three State football championships in 1973, 1981, and 1982. Notable former school athletes included
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Paris City School and Paris Junior High School (in c. 1923), the main building (1908–demolished 1966)
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successes started the tradition and value of educating children in Paris and Bourbon County.
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old gymnasium was later converted into a library in 1992, when they built a new gymnasium.
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The building on Pleasant Street burned on January 18, 1889, and a new
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History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas counties, Kentucky
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Paris City School's former building on 7th Street (1890–1907)
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were sent to attend Paris High School in efforts towards
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Paris Independent Schools (not to be confused with Texas)
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In 2024, Paris High installed an orange football field.
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Public (u.s.) school in Paris, Bourbon, United States
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Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)
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38°12′45″N 84°15′19″W / 38.2126°N 84.2553°W / 38.2126; -84.2553
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Paris, Kentucky

adding to it
Murray State University
University of Kentucky
Paris City School's former building on 7th Street (1890–1907)
Paris City School and Paris Junior High School (c. 1923), the main building
Bourbon County
Richardsonian Romanesque
Brown v. Board of Education
Paris Western High School
racial integration
Basil Hayden
Blanton Collier
Bill Arnsparger
Alvin Sims
"The Breakdown with Stephen McCauley, Superintendent Paris Independent Schools"
"Paris High School"
National Center for Education Statistics
"About PHS"

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