Brookside Elementary School (Brookside) Downes (John R.) Elementary School (Newark) Gallaher (Robert S.) Elementary School (unincorporated area) Jones (Albert H.) Elementary School (unincorporated area) Keene (William B.) Elementary School (Glasgow) Leasure (May B.) Elementary School (Bear) Opened as Eden School and taught 1-8 but later reduced to grades 1-6 when NHS began accepting grades 7–8. A 1934 fire gutted the school and classes were temporarily moved to Lodge Hall; the new facility opened in 1935. The school received its current name, which honors teacher Elizabeth May Brown Leasure, in 1970, and the current facility opened in 1998. Maclary (R. Elisabeth) Elementary School - Chapel Hill (Newark address) Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary School (unincorporated area) McVey (Joseph M.) Elementary School (unincorporated area) In 1988 it was the only elementary school that had all of its attendance boundaries located in a single feeder for each subsequent level, so its students stayed together until grade 12. Oberle (William A.) Elementary School (Bear) The school, then Porter Road Elementary School, opened in 2009, and it changed to its current name in 2011. Its namesake was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives. Smith (Jennie E.) Elementary School (Brookside) West Park Place Elementary School (Newark) Wilson (Etta J.) Elementary School (Pike Creek Valley) Early childhood education Christina Early Education Center It adopted school uniforms in the 1990s. In 1998 52% of the students reported having a positive reception to wearing uniforms, 60.2% of parents argued that uniforms were less expensive than non-uniform clothes, and 65% of teachers stated that uniforms improved the classrooms. Stubbs Early Education Center Other schools/programs Brennen School - Delaware Autism Program Delaware School for the Deaf Douglass School Middle School Honors Academy at Christiana High School Montessori Academies at Christina Networks School for Employability Skills Christina R.E.A.C.H. Sarah Pyle Academy Former schools Dr. Charles Richard Drew Elementary School (Wilmington) - It was on the east side of Wilmington. In 1988 the district proposed expansion. In the 1990s the school, as Drew-Pyle, adopted school uniforms. In 1998 76% of parents stated that it makes getting dressed for school easier and 65% stated that the cost is lower with uniforms. Above 50% of the students wanted to revert to a non-uniform policy. All of the teachers expressed support in keeping uniforms. Elbert-Palmer Elementary School (Wilmington) - It was in Southbridge, Wilmington. It closed in 1981, but in 1988 was under renovation and being