R. L. Turner High School
 

Robert Leon Turner devoted 29 years of his life to education in Dallas County. Turner, who also chaired the committee that wrote the original charter for the city of Carrollton, served as superintendent of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD from 1945 until his death in 1962. Built in 1959, the school served as a junior high for three years until 1962, when all of the district’s high school students were moved to the newly named R. L. Turner High School The former Carrollton High School then officially became known as DeWitt Perry Junior High School.

Files:

• R L Turner Yearbooks
  Senior Class Page Scans for some years [Working now on full cover-to-cover scans]
• The Lion's Tail
  Full Page Scans of the Carrollton High School Newspapers
• In Memoriam
  Former R. L. Turner High School Students
• Class Reunions
  Announcements, Articles, Photos
• Misc Items
  Programs, Parades, Photos, & Misc Items from R. L. Turner High School
• Sketchbooks
• School Pride
  Random Photos of R. L. Turner as it looks today
• R. L. Turner Floor Plan as it was in the late 1970s & early 1980s
  The school has changed so much;  map can also be found in the 1967 Student Handbook
• 100 Year Anniversary of R. L. Turner
  Articles & Items from the celebration of Carrollton/RLT's 100th graduating Class
• Things Banned, Dress Codes, and Fences and other things that just didn't work out too well !
  Well, I'm sure they seemed like a good idea at the time
• RLT Football Scores
  Its just a game
• Signature Lion Statues
  The story behind where those Lions in front of the school came from and how !

Links:

• Link to: R. L. Turner High School Website
• Link to: Veteran To Honor His Fallen High School Classmates
• Link to: R. L. Turner High School History - Wikipedia Encyclopedia
• Link to: R. L. Turner Football Schedule & Scores
• Link to: R. L. Turner Class of 1965 FaceBook
• Link to: R. L. Turner Class of 1970 Website
• Link to: R. L. Turner Class of 1971 Website
• Link to: R. L. Turner Class of 1981 Website
• Link to: Carrollton High & R. L. Turner High Distinguished Alumni

Leading Our Youth Series:

• Carolyn Harrison
• Charles Hebert
• J. T. Parish
• Ollie Ann Williams

Celebrities from R. L. Turner High School

• Lauren (Moss) Cagle - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (1978 to 1980) group photo
• Mike Hawkins - Professional Football Player
• Hal M. Hornburg - 4 Star General
• Tammy Roberts  - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (1978 to 1980) group photo
• Lori Roberts - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader 1981
• Judy Trammell  - Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (1980 to 1984)
• Kenny Marchant - Congressman, Representative for the 24th District of Texas
• Robert Matthew "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle - Musician
• Keith Moreland - Professional Baseball Player
• Link to: Lori Bowen Page - Body Builder; Class of 1976
• Michael Wayne Crowder - Pitched for the Fort Worth Cats Baseball Team