It's such a huge event. It's the place for middle school kids to go.

ROE is good for some kids, but hasn't been successful at our school,

High school kids always think they know what's going on, ... they needed numbers, not stories.

The biggest highlight is the fact that the community continues to invest in positive activities for teens. The first hurdle we had to overcome was getting people to recognize that so many kids want the opportunity to give back and do things adults will see as positive.

Now it's a 400, twice-a-month monster.

We did have kids driving to school. They don't belong. It's not fair to the younger kids on track and the older kids, ... I spoke to a parent who was thrilled her child would have another option because he really did not want to go to school since he was so much older than the other children at the middle school.