Dean named first recipient of fellowship honoring Four Rivers co-founder Claire Blatchford on the Four Rivers Charter Public School campus in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ MATT LEAF Four Rivers Charter Public School Dean of Students Matt Leaf and Claire Blatchford by the ancient maple trees on the campus in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ Published: 5/14/2021 5:33:45 PM GREENFIELD — When Four Rivers Charter Public School co-founder Edward W. Blatchford died April 19, 2020, from complications of late-stage Parkinson’s disease and the COVID-19 virus, his wife and daughters knew they wanted to honor him in some way, but weren’t sure how. That is, until they decided to create the Edward W. Blatchford Learning Fellowship.