By By JOHN EBY / Dowagiac Daily News
Bill Leonard offers an outsider's perspective.
Leonard, 41, grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, and moved to Dowagiac 1 1/2 years ago from South Bend, Ind. He and his family live at 405 Green St.
The school board candidate sought the appointment that went to Greg Ferrier last summer.
Leonard has two daughters in the school system - Heather in sixth grade at Patrick Hamilton Middle School and Gabby in third grade at Justus Gage Elementary School.
Son Billy will be starting the Inside Track preschool program next fall.
His wife Nancy is a design draftsman for Bosch in South Bend.
Leonard is working toward a secondary education degree at Southwestern Michigan College with the intention of teaching history or social studies.