Editing Parma, Missouri (section)

== Education ==
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===Public schools===
Currently, Parma has no local school system. Students attend [[New Madrid County Central]] R-I School District in [[New Madrid, Missouri|New Madrid]].

===History===
After the founding of the community of Parma, rapid growth led to the formation of a school system.  From the late 1890s to 1910, various one room structures in the Parma area were utilized for education.  The first structure for strictly school purposes was erected in 1910.  By 1935, an increasing student population demanded the need for a larger high school building.  With 9.9 square feet per pupil, Amendment No. 3 or The School Bond was placed on the ballot.  After a summer of strong campaigning from the school district and other community leaders, Amendment No. 3 passed by a vote of 284-29 on October 19, 1935.  Construction commenced in the fall of 1936 and the first classes began in the fall of 1937.  The original 1933 gymnasium burned in 1944.  Once again, the citizens of Parma banded together to fund construction of a new gymnasium which was completed by fall of 1944.  The athletic teams, known as the Parma Pirates, were the pride of the school and surrounding community.  In 1980, the Parma Consolidated School District No. 5 was consolidated into the New Madrid County Central R-I School District.  Over the next several decades, the school complex fell into a state of disrepair.  A major fire in the fall of 2010 brought the entire high school complex to the ground.

===2017 Memorial===
[[File:2017 Memorial.jpg|thumb|150x150px|2017 Memorial]]
In the summer of 2016, several PHS alumni and former community leaders formed the Parma School Memorial Committee.  They were successful in their efforts to raise funds to construct a large monument on the grounds of the old high school building.  The memorial was dedicated on July 1, 2017.

===Public library===
Parma has a lending library, a branch of the New Madrid County Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newmadridcountylibrary.com/locations.php | title=Our Locations | publisher=New Madrid County Library | access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>