Riverside Junior High social studies teacher Jack Switzer returned to the classroom this week after a nine-month deployment with the Ohio National Guard 371st Sustainment Brigade and 137 Signal Company in support of U.S. Central Command. He has completed previous deployments to the Middle East, as previously detailed in the Examiner. Last school year, Switzer also was named one of the 2023 Quest Federal Credit Union’s Teacher of the Year Award recipients. He was hired at Riverside Schools in 2015. (EXAMINER PHOTO | HOLLIE HUBBARD)