It was nearly three decades ago that I first heard of the New Hampshire Educational Excellence Awards — known in the racket as the "EDies." Kennett High School's relatively new principal won the organization's award for principal of the year, as I recall, and I had to write a story about it. I don't like puff pieces, so I did some research on the award, which was then fairly new. One source, whose authority I don't recall, suggested that it could be the sort of thing that might be applied for by a school or an individual who needed a semblance of professional recognition for political purposes.
Indeed, it turned out that the EDie awards had to be applied for by the hopeful winner, and were not something that was bestowed unsolicited. I think, too, that the year the principal won that award was the same year that the school board declined to renew her contract.
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