State of The Union 2012

[Townsend]

I am really amazed that the State got big national recognition last night regarding George Kaiser's efforts in Early Childhood Development and very little mention anywhere in the state.

With Oklahoma City teacher watching, President Barack Obama mentions Oklahoma's priority on early childhood education

http://newsok.com/with-oklahoma-city-teacher-watching-president-barack-obama-mentions-oklahomas-priority-on-early-childhood-education/article/3754851

Susan Bumgarner was in a parent-teacher conference at Wilson Arts Integration Elementary School in Oklahoma City when her cellphone started ringing Friday. Wanting to finish, the prekindergarten teacher ignored her phone. Then the phone on the wall started ringing. After she finished the conference, she found out the White House was calling to find experts on early education. Bumgarner certainly qualifies. She has been teaching prekindergarten students for 20 years and has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma in early education. She was recently nominated for Oklahoma City public schools teacher of the year. On Tuesday, Bumgarner was among the guests of first lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union speech at the Capitol.