SGnTN Casey Fleser / Some Geek in TN

This afternoon my wife came downstairs all “gussied up”. You see, my wife, Susie Fleser, along with Cheryl Reymann and Karen Bostian were being interviewed by The Tennessean today. They were being interviewed as representatives of the Cedar Grove Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. Why would The Tennessean want to interview the Cedar Grove PTO? Well, I can finally reveal the secret I’ve been sworn to protect for the last month. The Cedar Grove PTO was selected by PTO Today as the 2007 National Parent Group of the Year!

The PTO Today will formally recognize the the Cedar Grove PTO at the school on Tuesday, but the Tennessean article should appear in tomorrow’s paper. As this year’s winners, the PTO will receive $3000 in school supplies and an additional $10,000 in cash for the school. I’m hoping it’s in the form of one of those giant checks because I’ve always wanted to see what happens when you deposit one of those.

I’m so very proud of Susie, Karen and Cheryl, and I have first hand knowledge of the work that these ladies put into all of the activities they helped organize. It was a rare evening that I did not come home to my wife collating, stapling, or cutting out hundreds of papers, or the weeks spent creating hundreds (thousands?) of tissue flowers for Teacher Appreciation Week decorations, or in discussion with the other officers. And of course as treasurer, Susie also spent many nights meticulously balancing the PTO checkbook, counting receipts, readying deposits in addition to all of the other work she did on behalf of the PTO.

On top of everything else, my wife is modest too. To hear her tell it, the real recognition belongs to all of the parent volunteers that helped make the Cedar Grove PTO a success. Unfortunately, they won’t be interviewed by the Tennessean so she wanted me to be sure and mention in this post how none of this would have been possible without their help. So on behalf of my wife and the rest of the Cedar Grove PTO organization, thank you so much!

Update: As promised, The Tennessean ran their article in today’s paper. You can read it here.