Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School
165-65 84th Avenue | Jamaica Hills | built 1958
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- 1986
Future ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith graduates from Edison
Stephen A. Smith, later known as an ESPN sports personality and as a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, belongs to Edison's class of 1986. Other graduates of the vocational school include Allen Coage, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo who went on to wrestle professionally, and the professional soccer player Mike Windischmann.
“Stephen A. Smith – ESPN sports personality and Philadelphia Inquirer sports columnist is a member of the graduating class of 1986.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006
Edison admits 873 freshmen and crowds a building meant for 1,600
In the fall of 2006 Edison took in 873 ninth graders, leaving the school about 250 students larger than the year before and forcing it to hire more than 20 new teachers. Its building was designed for 1,600 students. The school had begun in 1950 as an all-boys school of 700; it began admitting girls in the late 1970s, and boys still made up 65 percent of enrollment in 2018-19.
Source: Wikipedia
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