History
The school was founded in 1969 and is named for U.S. physicist and founding president of the University of Texas at Dallas (actually in Richardson), Lloyd Berkner. For the first year students were housed on the campus of the now-closed Richardson Junior High School; the current facility on Spring Valley Road opened for the 1970–1971 school year. It served grades 9–11 in its opening year. Grades 10–12 were then served until the end of the 2004–2005 school year. In the 1974–1975 school year Berkner served Freshmen in order to relieve over-crowding at Richardson Jr. High while the new Liberty Jr. High was completed for the following Fall. In the 1976–1977 school year only, Berkner again served Freshman in order to relieve over-crowding at Liberty Jr. High. A massive expansion and renovation gave way to the addition of ninth grade in the 2005–2006 school year.
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