JamestownPolice_2Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday accepted the resignation of Jamestown police officer and public school’s Resource Officer, Nick Hardy, effective December 1, 2015.

Hardy, not in attendance at the meeting, started the position six years ago, He has accepted another position with the Jamestown Police Department, and will continue to work with area youth as coordinator of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, while working with the interim school resource officers.

Superintendent Robert Lech, said, “Officer Hardy did a wonderful job ever since the inception of the program, and we will certainly miss him.”

Superintendent Robert Lech, said, “Officer Hardy did a wonderful job ever since the inception of the program, and we will certainly miss him.”

The school district and Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger are searching for the next school resource officer, to be hired by the end of this year.

In other business, the school board rescinded policies pertaining to privacy and records access that are now part of the approved Student Education Records and Privacy Policy and approved readings of policies for student data, pupil rights and a School Board pledge of ethics.