About Us

• Wayne E. McCleery (1906-1953) was appointed superintendent of the West Aurora Schools in 1950.
   
• As superintendent, he undertook a program of significant school expansion and modernization for the district.
   
• The new West Aurora High School on Walnut Street (now New York Street) was built during his tenure.
   
• Also under his leadership, a major ten-room addition to Freeman School was overwhelmingly approved by the voters.
   
• Sadly, McCleery died suddenly in November 1953 at the age of forty-seven.
   
• A stunned community experienced a great loss with his passing.
   

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