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Oliver Floyd (O.F.) Perry

Effective July 1, O.F. (Oliver Floyd) Perry is named Superintendent of Schools with a salary of $2,350 for the 1939-40 school year. Perry previously served as a coach and principal of Round Rock High School.

Perry would serve as Superintendent until August 29, 1957.

Coach, Principal and Superintendent O.F. Perry served the Round Rock Independent School District during a formative period from 1939 to 1957. He established a policy of bringing students from around the district to a central high school so that there would be enough students to offer advanced classes, sports, and extracurricular activities. While many teachers were in the services during WWII he coached several boys and girls sports teams. “Coach Perry” is remembered for the energy he devoted to the mentoring and character development of his students and players.

Years after his retirement, Round Rock High School declared November 16, 1973 “O.F. Perry Day,” and at a ceremony before the Dragons football game announced that friends and ex-students had raised funds to dedicate a historic district street lamp in his honor. Observed former student Lerlene Ward, “No other man in Round Rock has molded so many lives… He not only taught us the three R’s but he also taught us sportsmanship, honesty, leadership and everything it takes to be a good, honest, Christian Citizen.”

Source: Hill Country News, 11/16/73