School Archives
J. T. Sutton
1881–1882
School leadership
High School Principals
A chronological record of the principals who have led Maroa High School and Maroa-Forsyth High School.
This list brings together school records, yearbooks, directories, and newspaper research. Portraits are included where an identified image is available.
George Beatty
1882–1886
B. F. Shipley
1886–1893
C. V. McReynolds
1893–1895
James A. Hodge
1895–1896
D. Frank Faucett
1896–1898
William Fry
1898–1902
George Morris
1902–1907
Sophia Evans
1907–1908
D. Frank Fawcett
1908–1909
John McLeod
1909–1911
Leona F. Bowman
1911–1913
Daniel P. Mitchell
1913–1915
Erna M. Reller
1915–1919
Emma Gregory
1919–1920
Roy Steele
1920–1923
George Cross
1923–1929
E. H. Menke
1929–1934
W. D. Keyes
1934–1957
John Kitowski
1957–1959
Milo Watson
1959–1962
John Dal Santo
1962–1965
Charles Wood
1965–1971
William Hardin
1971–1975
Leroy Mills
1975–1992
Jeffrey Holmes
1992–2002
Mike Williams
2002–2006
Scott Adreon
2006–2017
Brice Stewart
2017–present
Sources and research notes
Principals were verified through Maroa-Forsyth High School yearbooks when available. An additional source is Catalogue and Course of Study of the Public Schools of Maroa, Macon Co., Illinois, Maroa Board of Education, 1901, pp. 445–469.
J. T. Sutton: The Champaign County Herald, June 15, 1881; The Pantagraph, September 13, 1882.
George Beatty: Bruce Waller diploma, MF School Archives; The Clinton Public, February 1, 1884; Decatur Daily Republican, August 1, 1884.
B. F. Shipley: The Clinton Register, June 3, 1887; Maroa Sesquicentennial Book, 2004.
D. Frank Faucett/Fawcett: The Decatur Herald, November 29, 1896; The Clinton Register, May 25, 1906; Illinois School Directory, 1908–1909.
William Fry: The Decatur Daily Republican, May 5, 1898; The Clinton Register, May 20, 1899; “Maroa School Societies,” Herald and Review, March 9, 1902; Catalogue and Course of Study of the Public Schools of Maroa, 1901.
George S. Morris: Decatur Herald, March 24, 1903; Herald and Review, May 24, 1903; The Clinton Register, May 25, 1906.
John McLeod: The Kenney Gazette, June 11, 1909; The Clinton Register, June 18, 1909.
Leona Bowman: “Miss Bowman Chosen,” The Clinton Register, May 12, 1911; “Lectures on Maroa School Work,” The Daily Review, September 28, 1912.
Daniel P. Mitchell: Directory of Illinois Schools, 1913–1914, Circular 75; Illinois School Directory, 1914–1915, Circular 81.
Erna M. Reller: Herald and Review, March 25, 1916 and May 22, 1918; Illinois School Directory volumes for 1915–16 through 1918–19.
Emma Gregory: Illinois School Directory, 1919–1920, Circular 141.
Roy F. Steele: Blue and Gold, October 1930; Illinois School Directory volumes for 1920–21 through 1922–23. Records from this period sometimes use the superintendent and principal titles interchangeably.
George A. Cross: Blue and Gold, October 1930, MF School Archives.
E. H. Menke: Blue and Gold, October 1930 and April 1931; Decatur Herald, April 14, 1933.