image description — Monday's election was a chance to learn about voting for kindergartners.

Cheshire Kindergartners Get Lesson on Voting

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CHESHIRE, Mass. — Monday's town election was a chance for some of its youngest citizens to learn about an important civic duty: Voting.

The kindergarten classes of Robin Poirot and Heather Emerson walked through the rain from Cheshire Elementary School to the Senior Center to participate in a mock voting experience along with citizens of town.

After watching their teachers vote, each child gave their full name in order to check in. They were then given a ballot depicting four different current movies and they had to vote for their favorite. After voting in the booth, they put their ballots in the ballot box and received a lollipop and a sticker that said, "I voted!"

Students will find out about the results of their votes tomorrow.

Teachers followed up with an extension lesson on the privilege of having the right to vote.

The voting experience was organized by Cheshire's Town Clerk Christine Emerson.

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Hoosac Valley School Committee Holds First Meeting of Academic Year

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:27AM / Friday, September 18, 2026

CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Hoosac Valley School Committee Monday reflected on the recent loss of a high school graduate and looked at the start of the 2026-27 school year.

"It's been a tough couple of weeks in the school," Superintendent Aaron Dean told the committee at its monthly meeting. "Our team has done a great job supporting the kids, supporting the family.

"It's a really tough thing to go through. It's not the way we wanted to start the school year in any way. Condolences go out to all who were impacted."

The committee heard that memorials on the middle-high school campus are being considered to recognize 2026 graduate Jayquan Williams. The district is planning to let his family and students be part of the process in deciding how to honor Williams.

A major part of the committee's first meeting of the school year was hearing updates from the district's three building principals about the start of classes.

The newest principal, Dwayne Chamble, told the panel that he is "laser focused" on building relationships at the middle school.

Chamble said he has made a point of being present during recess, lunch, pickup and dropoff and transition times in the hall.

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