CLASSMATES 'TAPPED' OUT - Maybe these Allen Elementary School musicians know something about the rigors of middle school that their graduating classmates don't, as they play 'Taps' to end a ceremony saying good-bye to the school's graduates who are middle school-bound. Is middle school now the place you have to read 'Silas Marner'? Well, they'll find out. Lowering the flag are Sean Dove and Chilonda Mallory. The musicians are, from left, Robbie Ferguson, Sterling Glover, Shawun Phillips, Colin Turkington and Tara Ogletree.