<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Amy Palmer, a second-grade student from Athol Elementary, shows her nervousness as her nomination essay is read for the May First Class School Champion Award during an assembly Wednesday. Palmer nominated Barry Thackston, left, her bus driver, and stated, "I don't have a grandpa, but if I did I wish he was just like Mr. Barry."</p>

June 7, 2010