Ed Barnwell, Principal of Dame and Eastman Schools, is the recipient of the 2009-2010 Bob Silva Service Award. This award is given to a district employee who has done an outstanding job of serving Concord student and exemplifies Concord education.

Superintendent Chris Rath spoke about Ed during the district's Opening Day for Staff event held on Monday, August 30th. "Ed has served the district as an elementary Principal for 29 years – at Rumford and then at Dame and Eastman. Ed is a tireless worker who has written and received more federal and state grant funds to serve preschool and at-risk students and their families than any other administrator in recent memory. Ed had a vision of a neighborhood family preschool center to provide early literacy education to at risk preschool children and families on the Heights. Realizing that the school district could not fund his vision, Ed approached various community, business, and non-profit organizations as well as NH Charitable Trust to request funding. Through his persistence and dedication to his 'cause', Ed established the Dame Family Center on the Heights and has, for the past 15 years, secured funding to serve this segment of Concord's population. In addition, Ed has secured for the district two rounds of federal funding for Even Start, a family literacy program that combines community efforts of early childhood and adult literacy. There is no CSD employee that I know of who is more deserving for the Bob Silva Award than Ed Barnwell."