School Visits – A Breath of Fresh Air!

By Jeff Pett, Fleetwood Group One of my favorite parts of this job is when I get into school buildings and talk to teachers and administrators.  We can get so caught up in the nuts and bolts of supporting education as businesses that we drift into our own worlds and forget what we are really [...]

Out with the Old (Year)! – In with the New (Year)!

By Jeff Pett, Fleetwood Group This year’s NSSEA Furniture and Equipment show is fading in our memories as we head into the holidays and gear up for the New Year.  The show was a good one for us… our booth was full most of the time and we had a lot of fun new stuff [...]

Occupy….. What?

By Jeff Pett, Fleetwood Group We have heard a lot lately about “the 1%”, and “the 99%”, the “9-9-9 plan”, and who makes how much, and who pays more taxes, and who should pay more, and on and on and on.  It’s enough to make your head spin, and is more than a little hard [...]