Leonard Campbell: Hopeful about next pick for education commissioner

To The Daily Sun,

Gov. Kelly Ayotte suggested a desire to overcome excessive partisanship in her inaugural address.

I hope she can demonstrate this desire in the appointment of the next education commissioner.

I’m not familiar with who might be a good candidate, but I do know one who has done more to divide New Hampshire residents with his approach to private education, rather than public education.

And public education is what the majority of New Hampshire voters care about and want support for. And pay for. And don’t want to see their taxes go up because our public schools are getting undermined.

I think she enjoyed a well-rounded education in Hudson that brought out the best in her becoming a public servant. It was more than just math, science, social studies and language arts. It honed those disciplines with the humanities and creative arts.

And she lived in a community that wasn’t only complaining about the schools but worked to make those schools the best they could be with support and encouragement.

I hope that she can find a candidate who is not like our current education commissioner.

New Hampshire deserves this; it is part of the New Hampshire Tradition.

We are reminded that it is written into the constitution she swore to uphold, “all government of right originates from the people, is founded in consent, and instituted for the general good.”

Leonard Campbell

Meredith