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Commerce ISD Place 3 candidates oppose voucher-style education savings accounts, back partnership with Texas A&M-Commerce for child care and workforce pathways
Summary
At a candidate forum at Commerce City Hall, Abby Harper and Henry Ross both said they oppose proposed education savings accounts and urged the district to expand partnerships with Texas A&M University–Commerce for full-day pre-K, daycare services and teacher pipelines.
Abby Harper and Henry Ross, candidates for Place 3 on the Commerce Independent School District board of trustees, told a candidate forum at Commerce City Hall that they oppose pending state measures to create education savings accounts and urged the district to expand partnerships with Texas A&M University–Commerce to support full-day pre-kindergarten and daycare services.
Both contenders framed the issues as threats to public education and as opportunities to strengthen local supports. "I am very much opposed of, of that, that legislative, movement. I think it really hinders the the growth and the movement of public education," Harper said, adding that Commerce ISD should seek alternative revenue streams and be "good stewards of our taxpayer dollars." Henry Ross said he also opposed vouchers and emphasized cooperating with the…
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