Mr. John Diehl, grandfather of Mr. Charles Diehl, owned three farms formerly known as the Eden Farms.  On one of these farms there was a part set aside and planted to represent the biblical "Garden of Eden". Hence the original name "Eden" was given to the school.  Mr. Deale donated a point of land at the crossroads across from the Bear Inn.  The one-room building known as the Eden School was erected on this land.  Two outstanding teachers in the Eden School were Nellie Appleby and George Madden.  In 1921, 7th and 8th grades were transferred from Eden School to Newark High School. 

In 1934, due to high enrollment, a room in the Lodge Hall was rented.  On November 11, 1934 the Eden School was destroyed by fire, thought to have been caused by a defective flue as the fire started in the attic at the chimney.  Following the fire, all students attended school in the Lodge Hall.  Mr. Samuel Moddy, Mr. William Harrington, Mr. William Barnett, and Mr. Horace Eastburn, long-term commissioners with Mrs. May B. Leasure (teacher at Eden since 1930) were appointed by the State Board as the Eden Building Commission.  In 1956, Mrs. Leasure was appointed as secretary for the Eden Building Commission, and in 1956 Mrs. Leasure served as 4th grade teacher and principal.  In August of 1956, a referendum was held to consolidate with the Newark School District.  In March the Newark Special School District approved the merger. 

Elizabeth May B. Leasure (The B stands for Brown, her maiden name) was born on November 3, 1898.  She was among the first women to earn a degree from  the University of Delaware and started her teaching career in Salem, New Jersey in 1918.  In 1930 she moved to the Eden School.  Mrs. Leasure was responsible for many "firsts" in Delaware schools.  She is responsible for starting the first parent-teacher association at the Eden and Glasgow schools.  She started a 4-H club at Glasgow School and in 1924 she was the first teacher to have a community doctor examine all of the children in the school.  Mrs. Leasure received a teaching medal from President Calvin Coolidge and was a guest at the White House in 1926.  In 1963 she received a medal from the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, PA for exceptional citizenship, patriotism, and a greater understanding and appreciation of the American way of life.

Mrs. Leasure was active in political affairs and in 1928 was vice-chairman of the New Castle County Democratic Committee.  She was along-time member of the Pencader Presbyterian Church where she taught summer school and was an organist for fifteen years and treasurer for forty-five years.  She was a trustee and an elder Board member and secretary of the Pencader Cemetery Board of Directors for thirty-seven years. 

Elizabeth May Brown Leasure passed away November 8, 1982 at the age of 84.  The Eden School was renamed the May B. Leasure School in 1970.  She taught for 36 years at the school that now bears her name.  She is buried in the Pencader Presbyterian Cemetery near Route 40 and Route 896     

The original Eden School opened in 1879.  The new Eden School opened in 1935 after the fire destroyed the first school.  May B. Leasure Elementary School's current location (1015 Church Rd.) opened in 1999.