Thank you, Ed! by Amy Washburn

Thank you for all you've done for the students and the team!

2025-07-14 21:23:24 UTC

Thank you!

awashbu — 2025-07-14 23:27:13 UTC

Ed, it has been such a pleasure to work with you on LEAP SS - your positive outlook has been so important to the team. I wish you the very best of luck, and hope we can collaborate again in the future. Fondly, Amy W

Thank you, Ed!

2025-07-14 23:36:07 UTC

Ed, I’m so glad I had the opportunity to connect with you in person at LEAP meetings in Baton Rouge. I have always loved your humor in our email exchanges, and I appreciated your willingness to write Alt text for my science projects. I hope that we get to work with each other again. Until that time, I hope that you complete all of your home projects and that you find other exciting ventures. Wishing you all good things. I will miss you! – Michele R.

Thank you, Ed!

2025-07-15 19:25:44 UTC

Ed,

It has been wonderful to work with you at the LEAP SS in-person meetings and the LEAP standing project meetings. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!

- Elizabeth D.

Good luck Ed!

2025-07-16 01:06:10 UTC

Ed, thank you for all your contributions to WestEd, and best wishes to you in the future. You will be missed.

Andy L.

Best wishes!

2025-07-16 18:19:31 UTC

Hi Ed, Though we haven't worked a whole lot together, I know you have been an important member of the LEAP social studies team and an integral part of WestEd for so many years. Thank you, and I wish you the best in your next chapter! Lindy

Best of luck!

2025-07-21 22:20:47 UTC

Dear Ed, so sorry to see you go. I appreciated the opportunity to work with you on assessments. Thank you for all your contributions to AD&D. Wishing you the best in all your future endeavors!

~Anokina B.

Thank You and Good Luck!

2025-07-23 16:25:02 UTC

It's been a pleasure working and getting to know you, Ed. You're excellent at what you do and have a great sense of humor. I always appreciated your feedback with LEAP Social Studies items. Good luck to you!

Thanks again, Jason N.

2025-07-23 21:31:59 UTC

Ed, thank you so much for all the work you've done here over the years, and particularly for your various contributions to LEAP, which we've worked together on indirectly quite a lot! I know we haven't spoken much, but I could always be certain of your professional feedback and courtesy. Good luck and take care of yourself!

Ashley S.

Thank you so much!

2025-07-24 19:34:26 UTC

Ed,

I am sorry to see you leave WestEd after all these years. It has been a pleasure to work with you on many projects, but especially LEAP social studies. I appreciate your work, experience, calm demeanor, and willingness to take on the challenge of learning about the fine details of Louisiana history. I hope that we have the opportunity to work together again.

Best wishes,

Andy B.

Cheers

2025-07-24 20:47:13 UTC

It's been great working with you across the years and across the projects. I've appreciated your thoughtfulness and thoroughness. And "You saved my bacon like a militant vegan liberating a hog farm" is still one of my favorite things anyone's ever said to me. Best wishes for whatever comes next. --Evan

2025-07-24 22:15:14 UTC

Take care and all the best in your next adventure, Ed! It was nice working with you briefly on AZELLA (and LEAP back in 2021! I had forgotten about it until I searched my gmail).

P.S: I was searching my gmail to see what our most recent interaction was and guess what? A lot of email exchanges regarding the Lexile logins (new and old platform) haha!

-Theresa

2025-07-25 16:52:42 UTC

Ed,

I am deeply appreciative of all you have contributed to the ELA projects over the many years we've shared at WestEd! It was a pleasure to collaborate with you on work over the years and to travel a bit together too. Thank you too for the Texas hospitality and generosity whenever I showed up in Austin--I recall some good BBQ one of those times!

Wishing you all the best in the next chapter.

--Matt R.

All the best!

2025-07-25 19:10:18 UTC

Ed--

Thanks for your many years of service to WestEd and to the assessment industry. It's been a great run! You and I somehow managed to survive the College Board project together. Best of luck on your next great adventure!

--Scott

Best Wishes

2025-07-25 20:42:39 UTC

Hi Ed - I'm sorry we did not have the opportunity to work on a project together. I do appreciate getting to know you a little bit during the WestEd Convening. I wish you all the best in the future, wherever it takes you next.

Take care - Ellen Mattes