Candidate Meisel has Unique Combination Of Skills to Benefit PPS Board of Education
To the Editor:
I am delighted to pound the table in support of the candidacy of Ari Meisel for PPS Board of Education member. In the interests of full disclosure, Ari and I are good friends. In fact, my wife and I hosted his 40th birthday party in our home. So while I firmly stand by everything I have stated below, the reader of this letter should note that I am unabashedly Team Ari.
Let’s be honest, Princeton’s school system has made some mistakes in recent years. Yes, our public schools still do a good job of educating our children. But for better or worse, good isn’t good enough anymore. There are too many high-performance school systems in Mercer County — let alone New Jersey and the nation — to be satisfied with providing our students with a B+ educational offering.
That’s where Ari comes in, because Ari doesn’t do “good,” he does exceptional. To that point, I have a cutting board in my home that Ari made for my family, and no surprise, it’s the best cutting board I’ve ever owned.
On more consequential matters, Ari has distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading productivity and efficiency experts. If you don’t believe me, google him, or check out his collection of published books, which are recommended by luminaries like Tony Robbins and Daymond John. Aren’t they usually the ones giving advice to others?
With respect to Ari’s contributions to our community, he is Princeton’s real-life Superman. After all, he’s a dad to five great kids (ranging from 18 months to 13 years old) and yet he still carves out time to volunteer his nights and weekends to the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad. How many people with five children would do that?
As if that were not enough, Ari is on the security committee at The Jewish Community Center and he conducts stop-the-bleed trainings in our schools and houses of worship.
Now for the icing on the cake: despite all of the things that Ari does for others, he still carves out time for family and friends like me. How does he do it? I have no bloody idea. It’s magic. But if you elect Ari to the PPS Board, your children will become the beneficiaries of that magic. Because nobody has his unique combination of skills and nobody will work harder than Ari to make sure that our school system delivers an A+ for our children.