Allen ISD ended the 2025-26 school year with an increased general fund balance compared to the beginning of the year, according to a new financial report.

In a nutshell: The board of trustees approved an annual comprehensive financial report for the 2025-26 fiscal year during an Oct. 26 meeting. School districts are required to have fiscal accounts independently audited by a certified public accountant following the close of each fiscal year, according to district documents.

By the numbers: Allen ISD ended FY 2025-26 with $73.6 million in its general fund balance, according to the financial report. The general fund accounts for local tax revenues and expenditures related to the district’s daily operations. The fund balance had a positive net change compared to the start of the fiscal year.

Super Llama Inflatable Park has debuted a new location in Allen, a representative of the business confirmed.

The details: The business has a variety of features, its website states, including arcade games, a ball pit, bounce houses, obstacle courses and more.

The context: The Allen entertainment venue is located in a space formerly occupied by furniture and appliance store American Freight, according to signage at the location.

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More than 4,000 works of Asian art are set to join the Crow Museum of Asian Art, located at The University of Texas at Dallas, including pottery, bronzes and sculptures.

The overview: Collector Barry L. MacLean donated a collection spanning 5,000 years of history to the museum, along with $10 million to fund the preservation, maintenance and care of the artifacts, according to a news release from the university.

A closer look: The MacLean Collection is “one of the great Asian art collections put together in the United States,” said Richard Pegg, director and curator of Asian art for the MacLean Collection. About half of the artifacts in the gift to the Crow come from China, per the release, while others hail from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Indonesia. They represent thousands of years of history from the Neolithic period to the present.