[4][5] It preceded Paris Western High School which opened in September 1925, with G. W. Adams as principal, and Ennis B. Toles as assistant professor.
[6] During the 1926 commencement ceremony for Paris Western High School, politician Roscoe Conkling delivered the address to the 18 graduating students.
[8] After Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the city integration committee was led by chair, Grover Baldwin Jr.[9] In 1963, four Black students were sent to attend Paris High School, the segregated public high school for White students.
[10] Alumni of the school include: Former principals at Paris Western High School included teacher G. W. Adams,[6] Ennis B. Toles,[18][19] Francis Marion Wood,[20][21] and William B.
[9] Faculty included Mary E. Kellis,[9] Orletta Elizabeth Porter Hurley.