Naming Nomination Results Dr. Edwin Edmonds
| Your Full Name | Phone | Please decribe your relationship to the school or the nominee | Vote Yes or No for the proposed name | Please state 3 reasons why you support the nominee | Reason 2 | Reason 3 | Entry creation date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Bonora | 2036763886 | michelle.bonora@new-haven.k12.ct.us |
Principal of New Haven Adult Education |
Yes | CT | Historical community impact | Legacy | March 6, 2025 at 2:53 pm |
| Carolyn Streets | 2035082204 | carolynstreets@hotmail.com |
Dr. Edmonds was a civil rights pioneer and New Haven treasure. As a member of DIXWELL UCC and NHPS, I would be in awe of “Doc” in his leadership and love for the community. |
Yes | He was a civl rights advocate | He loved the greater New Haven community | He helped and supported countless people | March 6, 2025 at 8:27 pm |
| John dow | 2022157132 | jdow@specialolympics.org |
He was chairman of the board when I served as superintendent of schools of the New Haven public schools |
Yes | Lead education reform in new haben | Fought for human rights for people of color | Was well respected throughout the country for his activism for black people | March 6, 2025 at 9:23 pm |
| Helena Rogers | 2032149594 | helenarogers37@att.net |
Dr Edmonds was my pastor for many years. He was well loved and respected by many🙏🏿 |
Yes | He is the only person I can think of that is deserved this honor | A Trail Blazers | Who else? | March 6, 2025 at 10:53 pm |
| Helena Rogers | 2032149594 | helenarogers37@att.net |
Dr Edmonds was my pastor for many years. He was well loved and respected by many🙏🏿 |
Yes | He is the only person I can think of that is deserved this honor | A Trail Blazers | Who else? | March 6, 2025 at 11:29 pm |
| Dee Marshall | 2036237510 | dmar202@aol.com |
I worked for Adult Education with Dom Pasrellie at Hill House Adult Education program in the 90’s ! |
Yes | Dr. Edmonds was my Pastor at DUCC | He was a life long Educator! Wanted Educators to look like the students they taught! | Doc was part of the largest Teacher recruitment in the history of NHPS. He was also restore bringing in Dr. John Dow, who changed the skyline of Teachers in NHPS with Educators who looked like them! | March 7, 2025 at 2:50 am |
| Tracey Philpot | 4752206000 | tracey.philpot@nhps.net |
Currently a NHPS employee. The late Dr. Edmonds was instrumental in bringing my parents to New Haven where my mother began teaching at Wilbur Cross HS as a biology teacher. He also continued to be active in my life and the greater New Haven community through educational efforts serving in the school board and as an educator at Southern CT University. His activism in the community,state and nation fighting for all marginalized people was evident in his actions and through his spirit as he lead the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church for many years. He was a proponent of education and advocating for students. |
Yes | Life long advocate for education | Community activist for supporting education of students and furthering the education of staff and adults | See above summary for additional reasoning | March 7, 2025 at 2:01 pm |
| Michael L. Fletcher | 203-645-0121 | michael.l.fletcher@nhboe.net |
Currently working at New Haven Adult Ed as a counselor also Dr. Edwin Edmonds was the minister of my church. |
Yes | Great honor for him and his family. | He was on the Board of Education as President of the Board for many years. | Education was very important to him for the New Haven community. He help make many strides for the New Haven school system to better students. | March 7, 2025 at 6:29 pm |
| Dr. Charles E. Edward Warner | 2039033974 | dr.charleswarner@gmail.com |
Dr. Edwin Richardson Edmonds a a great part of New Haven’s community. He was the pastor of The Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ the oldest African American Congregational church in the known world for 35 years. He was the president of the New Haven Board of Education for 12 years. A professor of Sociology at Southern Connecticut and the Yale University Divinity School. During his time on New Haven’s Board of Education he and his colleagues began the change of the face of the school district to be inclusive all personal to work with our students. It is indeed an horror to further the naming of the new Adult Educational Center The Adult Education Center.sincerely, |
Yes | The naming represents the quality and high standards we have in the New Haven Public Schools | Equally for All. | To fulfil life goals. | March 11, 2025 at 3:43 am |