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Gail's poem - for the back of the Somers Map: **Another Roadmap**  A few numbers linked the hamlets 202, 100, 118, 139, Horses, circus elephants and parades raised dust and excitement, On routes linking downtown to upstate through Somerstown. On lanes that brought a community together And linked learners in one central school. Then we felt the roads. Upon us. Our town expanded and felt the migration Reservoirs deepened then Heritage grew Primrose to Plum Brook to schools in the middle High School to 684 to the world… Once school was two lanes then six then hit broadband The highway got faster. We all got more super Then we felt the world. Beyond us. The drivers, the students, the kids in the backseats, From buses to Buicks, and SUV carpools Looked toward teachers to wire their wisdom You convened leaders to transition with vision And thought about thinking in wireless schools On internet highways with limitless route numbers We felt the world. Around us You helped us expand and share our own bandwidth To acknowledge the wonder of changes ahead To respect our differences, choices, opinions To support caring without boundaries To seek the creative, the artists and scientists To listen as values change over time And then we felt the people of the world. Around us.