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DeWitt Perry Middle School
The rich history of this school can be traced to the earliest days of the
Carrollton school district. A two-story, red-brick building, which was the
first school officially constructed by the district, was built on this site
in 1915. In 1936, a new building, known as Carrollton High School, was
constructed at the same location, and it remains as the nucleus of the
school today. The school became DeWitt Perry Junior High in 1962 when the
new R. L. Turner High School opened. DeWitt Perry is named for
DeWitt
Clinton Perry, son of
A.W. and Sarah Perry, who donated his portion of his
father’s estate to the school district in 1915.
A. W. Perry settled the land
on which the school now sits in the early 1800s. The school’s gymnasium is
named in memory of his sister, Harriet Perry Warner.
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