students from East Middle School and South Middle School went to Ross. Brentwood High School was the site of the Maslow-Toffler School of Futuristic Education, an alternative high school, from 1974 to 1983. WXBA's first general manager was Long Island radio personality Bob Ottone, the future public address announcer for the Long Island Ducks. The initial output of WXBA was ten watts, which meant that the signal barely made it three miles from the school under some conditions. It was upgraded in 1981 to 180 watts. Brentwood High School established an Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFJROTC) in 1977. As of 2006, it was one of only two Long Island high schools to offer the program. The Associated Press reported in 1980 that a week after Principal Stanley P. Yankowski instructed homeroom teachers to take down the names of students who did not stand for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the practice was stopped after a teacher complained to the New York Civil Liberties Union. 1981–1990 WXBA moved to expanded facilities in the newly built G. Guy DiPietro Learning Center during the 1988-89 school year. The Brentwood Science Olympiad team competed in the New York State Science Olympiad tournament at West Point on April 16, 1988. According to Newsday, the team "finished second in Suffolk County, third on Long Island and 13th out of 147 schools in the State of New York." In 1988, Brentwood's AFJROTC unit was named an honor unit by the U.S. Air Force. "Only the top 20 percent of all units in the nation are considered for recognition as honor unit. In addition, Lt. Col. Arthur Bennett and Master Sgt. James Waide have been named outstanding instructors," according to Newsday. Newsday awarded Brentwood High School the High School of the Year Award in 1989. 1991–2000 In 1991, a plaque was hung listing military personnel who hailed from Brentwood. In 1999, 56 solar panels were installed on the Ross Building. 2001–present In 2004, The New York Times reported that Brentwood would be one of four Long Island school districts (the others being Hempstead, Lawrence and Manhasset) to be audited by the state comptroller in the wake of charges of theft made against school administration officials in Roslyn. On Veterans Day in 2005, Newsday covered the dedication of a memorial to 15 graduates of the high school who had died during the Vietnam