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Rimbach, Jean (?-?)
Jean Rimbach is a reporter for the Bergen Record. She focused on criminal justice, child welfare, and education. -
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School
The Cleveland Elementary School was created in 1910.Tags Education -
Englewood Board of Education
The Englewood Public School District was founded in 1867.
Currently, the Board of Education is made up of nine members, seven members are elected to a term of three years, and oversee five schools. This includes the Preschool D.A. Quarles Early Childhood Center. Two elementary schools, Dr. John Grieco Elementary School and Dr. Leroy McCloud School. The Janis E. Dismus Middle School. Lastly, Dwight Morrow High School.Tags Education -
Dwight Morrow High School
Dwight Morrow High School opened in 1932 and graduated its first class in 1934. Named after banker, ambassador and senator, Dwight Morrow, the high school brought students together from all of the city’s four wards and became one of Englewood’s few integrated schools. It has graduated numerous notable alumni. It currently shares it's campus with Academics at Englewood.Tags Education -
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.