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Hoosac Valley Announces Top Students for 2021

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CHESHIRE, Mass. — Hoosac Valley High School has named Sydni Jamros and Jessica Isbell as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the class of 2021, announced Principal Colleen Byrd.
 
Jamros, daughter of Joseph and Dawn Jamros of Adams, Is a member of the National Honor Society and treasurer in her senior year and of the Lions' Leo club since Grade 7.
 
She has earned Academic Excellence Awards in Honors precaculus, U.S. History and English language arts, and the Cornell Sweat Shirt Award. She also was on the Nordic ski team, played on the varsity soccer team, and was a member of All-North and All-South soccer teams. She was an intern for the Youth Center in Cheshire.
 
Jamros will be attending Endicott College in Beverly in the fall.
 
Isbell, the daughter of Brian and Karen Isbell of Cheshire, is a member of the school's Art Club, National Honor Society and a leader in the school's mentoring Link Crew group.
 
She received the Presidential Award for Computer Programming, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Junior Women's STEM Award, and the Dartmouth College Alumni Book Club Award and took Honors Algebra II. Her interests include 13 years of dance, art, reading, and paddle boarding. She also is a third-degree black belt practitioner of taekwondo and an instructor at her training studio.
 
Isbell plans to attend Westfield State University.
 
 
 

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Cheshire Lays Off School Resource Officer

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — A veteran officer of the Police Department is out after his position as school resource officer was was basically eliminated. 
 
The Select Board on Thursday night voted to lay off Sgt. David Tarjick after the Hoosac Valley Regional School District requested he not return to the high school campus. 
 
An investigation had cleared him of an incident with a student but he went to the school prior to being officially reinstated.
 
The vote came after about 19 minutes of discussion and statements from Tarjick, who had requested the posted executive session be opened. 
 
"I love this town. I've given my all to this town, and I guess this is the thanks I get," Tarjick said. He said he was being made a "scapegoat" because of threats of a lawsuit.
 
The 18-year veteran of the force was accompanied by his attorney and nearly three dozen supporters who were not allowed to speak on his behalf. Public participation was not listed on the agenda as the meeting had been for executive session.
 
The initial incident had involved a complaint of the use of force with a student; according to Tarjick and officials, a third-party investigation cleared him of any allegations. The Select Board at an executive session on Nov. 12 voted to reinstate him as he had been relieved of his duties as SRO during this period. 
 
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