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Rooney remarks inspire protest
A newspaper article covers protests that began in reaction to negative comments made by Assemblyman John E. Rooney's about Dwight Morrow High School. -
Englewood still split on schools
The article "Englewood Still Split on Schools" describes how a turbulent racial history in Englewood affects the high schools in the town. Despite Dwight Morrow and the Academies at Englewood having the same campus, the article claims they are treated as separate schools. There was frustration from some due to their view that the students at the Academies were treated better. Race becomes a part of the discussion as Dwight Morrow is majorly attended by black and Latinx youth while the Academies are attended by white and Asian-American students. The article also discusses efforts to integrate the schools and whether the efforts made to combine the schools would truly desegregate the students. -
Academies at Englewood
Academies at Englewood was founded in 2002 after fifteen-plus-years of arguments between the Board of Education of Englewood and the Board of Education of Tenafly and the Board of Education of Englewood Cliffs. Dr. John Grieco created the new academies at Englewood to improve city classrooms and attract white students.
The academies are Finance and Business, Information Systems, Law and Public Safety, and Pre-Engineering. The last, BioMedicine was added in 2004. It shares a campus with Dwight Morrow High School.Tags Education -
41 Years in the Englewood Schools - Educator raised expectations
A newspaper article covers a lecture from Leroy McCloud. The article covers McCloud's experience in the Englewood school system, especially the racial divide. McCloud described his struggle to get equal support for Dwight Morrow which was and still is primarily attended by black students. McCloud believed that the fight to desegregate schools by merging Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs should have been dropped, as it was taking money away from supporting students. McCloud also feared for the future of education. -
Winfree, Juwaan (1996-?)
Juwann Winfree is an American Football wide receiver. He played at the University of Colorado before he was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2019. He transferred to the Greenbay Packers in 2020. He transferred again to the Indianapolis Colts in May of 2023.
Winfree went to Dwight Morrow High School, graduating in 2014. He received the "Ket to the City" from Mayor Micheal Widles on June 23, 2019. Winfree also created the Winfree Youth Foundation which provides affordable sports camps and leadership conferences for local youth.Tags Sports -
Butler, Margaret (1908?-1976)
Margaret Butler was an economics teacher in Englewood. She taught the fifth grade in Harlem and home economics at Dwight Morrow High School.
Butler became blind in 1945 and was an instructor at the Community House Social Service Federation in Englewood, teaching braille. She also founded Shining Light, an organization to help the blind community.
She was a member of numerous organizations, including the American Foundation of the Blind, the National Council of Negro Women of Bergen County, W.C. Handy Foundation of the Blind, and the New Jersey Commission of the Blind. She was awarded the Lydia Hayes Foundation Achievement Award in 1951. Butler attended St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church. -
Wright, Barbara E. (1927-2021)
Barbara E. Wright was a restaurant owner of two businesses, Black and White Taxi and Wright's Luncheonette. She was known for feeding neighbors in Englewood including impoverished families.
She was born June 12, 1927 in Teaneck New Jersey. Her parents were John and Alberta Blackman and she had two younger brothers, Harold and John.
She graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1947 and worked in the administrative and service industries. She married John T. Wright after meeting in 1949. She had four children, Pamela Valerie, Renard Gregory, Jeryl Louise, and Tami Alberta.
As for extended family, she had a stepsister Francine, and a stepbrother Dwight.
She had many grandchildren, Harold Wright, Kyle Wright, Rashay Wright, Rafael Williams, Shikira Cretella, John Wright II, Shanay Taylor, Brianna Wright, and Justin Wright.
Among her great-grandchildren are Hassan Renouf, Raven Wright, Nevaeh Wright, Naomi and Damon Cretella, Rhyan M and Rylee J Williams, and Jaelyn Wright. -
Willoughby, William "Bill" Wesley (1957-?)
William "Bill" Wesley Willoughby was a professional basketball player born in Englewood. He attended Dwight-Morrow High School. He was one of the first high school players to be selected in an NBA draft in 1975. He played for the Atlanta Hawks, Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and the New Jersey Nets. His last season was in 1984.Tags Sports -
McCloud, Leroy (1915-2004)
In 1941, Leroy McCloud became the second black teacher in Englewood’s public schools. The Board hired McLoud to teach industrial arts at the newly segregated all-black Lincoln Junior High School. McCloud also became the first black principal in the Englewood schools. He was the principal of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Cleveland schools. He retired in 1982 but continued to be involved in school and lecturing. He now has an elementary school named after him located in Englewood.
He married Eula Davis in 1942. He had a son, Leroy.