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“Synergy SE is an excellent addition to our student data management solution set. Together, Synergy SIS and Synergy SE provide an immediate solution for our CALPADS and CASEMIS reporting requirements, eliminating many hours of manual processing costs and delivering better, more accurate
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- Troy Marshall, Director of Technology, Paramount USD, CA

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2-22-13 – WRIC-TV8 Highlights New Student Information System for Chesterfield County Public Schools

A recent news report from Richmond's WRIC-TV8 showcases the benefits that Edupoint’s Synergy SIS solution will provide for Chesterfield County Public Schools, including parent portals to monitor student performance and data at the fingertips of teachers to ensure they have the correct information to ensure student success.

02-19-13 - Chesterfield County Public Schools’ New SIS Promotes Parental Involvement

Chesterfield County’s selection of Edupoint’s Synergy Student Information System, as announced in the Richmond Times Dispatch, allows parents to monitor their children’s academic achievement with online and mobile applications. Synergy’s streamlined functionality proves greater efficiency that will benefit all stakeholders in the education process – district administrators, teachers, parents, and the students themselves.

1-8-13 - Virginia Public Schools Now Have Access to the Synergy Education Platform

Edupoint has been awarded a contract to implement its Synergy® Education Platform for the Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) after an extensive evaluation and RFP process. As a perennial recipient of recognition for excellence in its educational programs and capabilities, CCPS is looked to by smaller districts in the state seeking guidance for their educational programs and technology. In that regard, CCPS’s Synergy purchase agreement includes an option for all Virginia public schools to license the complete Synergy solution suite under its agreement.

1-3-13 - Edupoint’s Synergy Special Education Receives Endorsement from CASE

Synergy® Special Education (SE) received the official endorsement from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) after undergoing an extensive review process by the Executive Committee to ensure that the solution met or exceeded criteria that included a strong research base to support the product, proven solution effectiveness, and most importantly, enhancement of the professional practices advocated by CASE.

12-11-12 - Long-term Plan Leads Albuquerque Public Schools to Choose Synergy® Education Platform

Edupoint will implement its Synergy® Education Platform at Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) following an extensive evaluation of leading SIS systems by the district. By taking advantage of pre-negotiated pricing available through its membership in Cooperative Education Services, a regional education consortium, APS will have access to all Synergy modules.

12-1-12 - Synergy® SE Named a District Administration Magazine 2012 Readers’ Choice Top 100 Product

Edupoint’s Synergy® Special Education (SE) – a leading comprehensive special education system to the national K-12 market – has been selected as a 2012 District Administration Readers’ Choice Top 100 Product. The annual District Administration Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products award recognizes leaders in the education industry, and provides superintendents and other senior school district leaders with the unique opportunity to learn what products their colleagues around the country are using, and how these products contribute to the success of their districts.

11-27-12 - Edupoint Creates Synergy between Oxnard UHSD Staff, Students, and Parents

Edupoint's Synergy® Education Platform has been selected by the Oxnard Union High School District to implement across their 10 campuses in Southern California. By replacing an outdated system with the web-based Synergy solution, the District’s teachers and administrators will become more efficient and productive, while parents and students enjoy greater system access and functionality.

11-21-12 - Edupoint’s California Success Story Continues

A strong commitment to the California market has resulted in continued success for Edupoint, where the company has used advanced technology and strong relationships to become the fastest growing SIS provider in the state.

11-13-12 - Poudre School District (CO) Selects Edupoint's Synergy SIS Solution

Synergy's centralized web-based system will connect the district’s schools and administration facilities to serve students, their parents, teachers, and district staff. After a comprehensive review of leading SIS solutions, the district selected Edupoint based on the robust features and benefits of the integrated Synergy solution and the company’s well-regarded support services.

8-21-12 – Arlington Public Schools Selects Edupoint’s Synergy SIS and Special Education Solutions

Edupoint’s integrated solutions for student data management and special education continue to expand in Virginia, as Arlington Public Schools selects Edupoint’s Synergy SIS and Special Education solutions to implement across their 37 campuses. Seeking to upgrade their current SIS solution, the district sought an all-inclusive system that would engage teachers and parents alike with timely access to their grade book, special education, and student information.

7-31-12 – Edupoint and My Payment Network Announce Integration Partnership

Edupoint and My Payment Network today jointly announced their new partnership which integrates My Payment Network’s SchoolPay service with Edupoint’s Synergy™ SIS solution, providing an online payment solution that benefits parents and district administrators alike.

7-25-12 - Federal Way Schools (Washington) Selects Synergy

Federal Way's selection of Edupoint's Synergy Student Information System, as announced in the Federal Way Mirror newspaper, involved extensive evaluations from more than 50 people across the district. The article highlights why the district selected Edupoint and points to Edupoint's experience in the K-12 market, the user friendliness and flexibility of the system, as well as the company's focus in the Northwest.

6-28-12 - Mesa County Valley School District 51 (CO) Selects Edupoint’s Synergy Student Information

Edupoint enters the Colorado market with Mesa County Valley School District 51’s selection of the Synergy™ Student Information System. Serving over 21,000 students in western Colorado, District 51 will consolidate disparate systems for grade books, parent portals, and student data management with Synergy’s web-based SIS solution that provides real-time student information for all stakeholders in the education process.

5-16-12 – Edupoint and OSIS Build a Foundation for Student Success in Oregon

Since the OSIS Consortium’s selection of Synergy in early 2012, Edupoint has executed contracts with 20 school districts and Educational Service Districts (ESDs), representing more than 140,000 students thus far. Edupoint has a true collaborative partner relationship with the OSIS Consortium and the Oregon State Department of Education, and the parties continue to work closely together to ensure that state reporting standards, IEP forms for special education, and instructional technology for standardized state report cards meet the needs of all member districts and ESDs.

4-5-12 - Edupoint Adds Alamogordo Public Schools to Its New Mexico Client List

Edupoint expands its New Mexico presence with Alamogordo Public Schools' selection of the Synergy Education Platform. Additionally, the company has signed a contract with New Mexico's Cooperative Education Service, which will allow state districts the opportunity to procure Synergy directly through the CES at a negotiated price.

3-20-12 – Anoka-Hennepin Relies on Synergy for New Ways to Mine Student Data

As seen in the Star Tribune, the Anoka-Hennepin School District, Minnesota’s largest school district, leans on the Synergy Education Platform to provide key education stakeholders access to the information they need in real time.

2-27-12 - Edupoint Selected by Oregon Consortium as State-wide SIS Provider

The Oregon Student Information System Consortium (OSIS) has exclusively selected Edupoint as the student information system solution provider for the state. OSIS members, representing almost 400,000 students across the state, began working together on selecting a common SIS that will meet the evolving needs of all Education Service Districts and school districts – large and small. After an extensive national search, the Synergy™ Student Information System was unanimously selected.

2-2-12 - Edupoint Releases StudentVUE and ParentVUE Mobile Apps for the Android Mobile Platform

As integrated components of the Synergy™ Education Platform, Edupoint’s mobile applications provide day-to-day insight into a student’s academic experience from any supported mobile device.

1-24-12 - Chet Curtis Joins Edupoint as Vice President of Sales & Business Development

As an industry veteran, Chet Curtis has devoted over 20 years to the K-12 market as an executive and practitioner of information systems and education data management. His passion for education reform and the application of technology for school improvement and accountability contributes to the development of solutions for the education marketplace.

1-2-12 - Community Unit School District 200 (IL) Selects Edupoint's Synergy SIS Solution

Community Unit School District 200, serving 13,000 students in Wheaton, Illinois, has selected the Synergy Student Information System to implement across their 20 campuses. The integration of Edupoint's ParentVUE and StudentVUE modules will create a comprehensive web portal that provides parents and students online access to grades and homework assignments, while also enabling their efficient communication with teachers and administrators.

11-21-11 - Edupoint Announces the Rebranding of its Flagship GENESIS Solution Suite

Edupoint’s GENESIS™, GENESEA™, and Revelation Technology™ suite of products is being rebranded as the Synergy Education Platform™. The Synergy brand name and Education Platform descriptor reflect the evolution of our GENESIS and GENESEA solutions as they have matured into a powerful student data management platform for education.

11-17-11 - Edupoint Enters Kansas Market with Blue Valley School District's Selection of GENESIS

Blue Valley School District, an eastern Kansas district serving 20,000 students across 34 campuses, has selected Edupoint's GENESIS Student Information System to implement district-wide. The integration of Edupoint's special education, teacher, parent and student modules will allow the district to efficiently use student information to facilitate data-driven decision making.

10-11-11 - Edupoint Enters Oregon Market with Redmond School District’s Selection of GENESIS

Redmond School District, a progressive district serving 7,000 students in central Oregon, saw the value of moving toward standards-based learning across all their campuses. The combined strengths of the GENESIS SIS and integrated TeacherVUE™ Gradebook outperformed others during the district’s functional and technical reviews.

10-10-11 - Kern High School District (CA) Selects Edupoint's GENESIS SIS

Kern High School District, California's largest high school district serving 35,000 students across 29 campuses, has selected Edupoint's GENESIS SIS to upgrade their previous solution. The district wanted a fully-integrated web-based system that could foster better communication between parents, students, teachers and administrators, and the Edupoint system was selected as the “best fit” for the KHSD.”

8-17-11 - Whittier Union High School District (CA) Selects Edupoint to Replace Zangle

Whittier Union High School District, serving 13,500 students in the Los Angeles area, has selected Edupoint's GENESIS^TM student information system for implementation across all district campuses and administrative offices.

7-1-11 - Edupoint Enters Michigan with Lakewood Public Schools' Selection of GENESIS

Lakewood Public Schools' selection of the GENESIS Student Information System marks Edupoint's entry into Michigan, and serves as the first district win with the combined market expertise of Edupoint and Computer Management Technologies (CMT), a certified business associate of Edupoint's strategic partner Weidenhammer Systems Corporation.

6-10-11 - Hanford Elementary School District (CA) Selects GENESIS to Replace Zangle

Edupoint has been selected to implement its GENESIS^TM SIS solution for the Hanford Elementary School District. This central California district serving 5,700 students will take advantage of Edupoint's robust transition plan to replace their Zangle SIS solution.

5-9-11 - Las Cruces Public Schools (NM) Selects GENESIS to Replace eSIS

Las Cruces Public Schools, the second largest district in New Mexico serving more than 24,000 K-12 students at 38 campuses, has selected to implement Edupoint's GENESIS™ SIS and GENESEA™ Special Education solutions. While the school district could have chosen to migrate to free software provided by the new owners of their existing eSIS™ system, a comprehensive study of all available options recommended the Edupoint purchase.

3-9-11 - San Francisco Unified Awards SIS to Edupoint

Edupoint has been selected to implement its GENESIS™ SIS solution suite for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The system will replace outdated software solutions previously developed by the district’s IT staff with current, web-based technology and will automate processes that are now executed manually. San Francisco USD comprises 140 campuses that serve more than 55,000 students in grades pre-K through 12. It is the top-performing urban school district in California and one of the most highly rated urban districts in the country.

3-1-11 - Yuma Consortium Offers Edupoint Solution to Area School Districts

Another regional technology consortium for public schools has selected Edupoint Educational Systems to implement its GENESIS SIS solution for use by its member school districts. Yuma Education Technology Consortium (YETC), serves school districts in the region surrounding Yuma, Arizona, and will offer the comprehensive GENESIS solution suite, including the TeacherVue™, ParentVue™and StudentVue™, to members as a shared software service.

1/10/11 - Edupoint’s LessonVUE™ Curriculum Management System Chosen by Arizona's Largest District

Edupoint has been selected to implement its newest solution, LessonVUE curriculum management, at Mesa Public Schools, a large district serving more than 70,000 students. The LessonVUE curriculum management solution empowers educators and administrators to drive classroom achievement through better management, alignment and analysis of curriculum while providing data to inform instructional decisions.

12/17/10 - Edupoint Solution Recovers Government Funding for Marana USD (AZ)

An enhancement developed for its GENESIS™ SIS enabled Marana Unified School District to recover more than $600,000 in government funding by correcting the reporting of its student absence rates.

11/24/10- Edupoint Launches Mobile Initiative with Release of TeacherVUE, ParentVUE, StudentVUE Apps

GENESIS™ product suite is enhanced with mobile-friendly applications enabling easy access to information for teachers, parents and students. The initiative is driven by Edupoint’s overall vision for its GENESIS student information suite: to empower everyone with a role in the education process – teachers, principals, counselors, parents and the students themselves—to share and access the information they need to do their unique, essential part in helping each student reach their highest level of achievement. Edupoint will release several free apps this month including TeacherVUE™ for the iPad® and ParentVUE™ and StudentVUE™ for the iPhone®.

11/15/10 - Edupoint Expands Product Suite with Release of LessonVUE™ Curriculum Management

Edupoint™ Educational Systems announces the launch of a new, fully integrated instructional module for the GENESIS™ Student Information System suite called LessonVUE. LessonVUE is a curriculum management system designed to support data driven decision making through the management of curriculum, assessment and student performance data.

11/5/10 -San Diego County Office of Education Reaches Tremendous Milestone with GENESIS Deployment

In less than 18 months, the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) has successfully migrated 61 school districts and charter schools serving over 100,000 students to the GENESIS solution. SDCOE and Edupoint are currently planning the addition of new modules to provide curriculum management, assessment and business intelligence reporting capabilities to consortium members.

10/28/10 - Stockton Unified School District (CA) Selects GENESIS

Stockton USD serves more than 37,000 students across almost 60 elementary, secondary and specialty campuses in San Joaquin County California. The district has licensed Edupoint’s GENESIS SIS as well as the integrated TeacherVUE gradebook and ParentVUE/StudentVUE web portals. Implementation of the new SIS will begin almost immediately.

9/27/10 - Tempe Union High School District Joins Regional Move To Edupoint's GENESIS SIS

Tempe Union High School District is one of the most technologically advanced districts in Arizona and the district seriously considered again developing a replacement system in-house. After evaluating several solutions, however, the robust functionality of the Edupoint system and adherence to Arizona compliance reporting mandates offered a compelling value proposition.

9/3/10 - Edupoint Welcomes 27 New CA Districts This Summer

27 districts from across the State of California, ranging in size from small to large, such as Millbrae Elementary with approximately 2,000 students in northern California and Panama Buena Vista USD with 16,000 students in central California, select the GENESIS™ student information for implementation in the 2010/2011 school year.

9/3/10 - Consortium of 31 Arizona Districts Representing Almost 80,000 Students Selects Edupoint

Edupoint’s GENESIS™ system was selected in a high-stakes competitive bid process among the national leaders in student information systems by Northern Arizona University's Educational Technology Consortium (NAU ETC). Edupoint and the NAU ETC will implement GENESIS in dozens of member districts over the next two years.

8/26/10 - Georgia's Second Largest School District Authorizes Expansion of GENESIS

Edupoint Educational Systems, a leading student information system (SIS) solutions provider to the national K-12 market, has successfully completed Phase I of an initiative to implement the scheduling module of its GENESIS™ SIS system into Cobb County School District. Now, the district’s school board has approved Phase II of the project that will complete the solution’s rollout to more than 40 middle and high schools.

7/2/10 - Rapid Deployment of GENESIS™ SIS Slated for Panama Buena Vista Union SD (CA)

Edupoint has been selected to provide its GENESIS™ software to Panama Buena Vista Union School District (PBVUSD). Rapid deployment of the student information solution has commenced and the district will go live in time for the fall semester. Edupoint will be providing software, implementation support, and user training services in support of the PBVUSD IT staff and end users for this school district and its 23 schools.

7/1/10 - Edupoint Completes Expansion to Better Serve Its K-12 Clients

Edupoint Educational Systems has expanded its California and Arizona office facilities to accommodate its growing workforce of experienced K-12 professionals. The company’s organic growth is a direct result of the success of its GENESIS™ family of products in the K-12 market; these products include the GENESIS student information system and GENESEA special education data management system, now supporting more than 1.4 million students nationally.
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6/1/10 - Edupoint Expands Relationship With Paramount USD (CA)

Edupoint has been awarded a contract to implement its GENESEA™ application at Paramount Unified School District. The district is a current user of Edupoint’s GENESIS™ SIS solution across twenty K-12 campuses and serving more than 16,000 students in Los Angeles County, California. By adding the GENESEA™ solution, the district will benefit from an integrated system that automates all state-mandated special education data collection and reporting requirements.
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4/3/10 Washington ESD (AZ) Reaches Out To Parents With Edupoint SIS Implementation

The Contract Award Includes the ParentVUE™ Module Giving Parents Real-time Data Access to Student Information Across the District’s 32 Schools.
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4/2/10 Edupoint Scheduling Solution Selected by Cobb County School District (GA)

Edupoint to implement its GENESIS™ system in phased rollout to Georgia’s second largest school district.
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3/20/10 Higley Unified School District (AZ) Selects Edupoint Over 5 Other Solutions

In a high-stakes procurement Higley USD's cross-functional user committee chose Edupoint’s GENESIS™ solution after comparing its features, functionality, and costs to those of the existing solution and four other vendors. Implementation has begun and will be completed before the 2010 – 2011 school year.
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3/2/10 Santa Cruz Valley (AZ) Selects Edupoint's GENESIS

Edupoint will be implementing its GENESIS™ SIS system for rural district covering more than 260 square miles of southern Arizona. GENESIS was selected after a comprehensive review of leading solutions.

3/1/10 Edupoint Will Implement GENESIS™ at Millbrae ESD (CA)

Another California client, Millbrae Elementary School District, has licensed the GENESIS™ solution and will implement the true web SIS across all five campuses in time for next school year.
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2/28/10 Edupoint to Implement Leading SIS System for Jefferson ESD (CA)

The district will implement the SIS system in 15 schools and all administration offices to serve the needs of more than 6,000 students, teachers, and administrators.

2/26/10 Jefferson Union School District (CA) Partners With Edupoint

One of several California school districts that have selected the GENESIS solution in the last month, JUHSD serves 5,100 students from the region surrounding Daly City through five campuses.
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2/23/10 Newark USD (CA) Upgrades to Edupoint's SIS Solution

Newark USD determined that GENESIS™ offers the most comprehensive functionality among major vendors.
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2/22/10 San Ysidro SD (CA) Expects Rapid User Adoption of Edupoint Solution

Edupoint was one of only two vendors that could meet stringent California reporting requirements, and GENESIS was the unanimous winner in large part due to its ease of use, according to Frank Paredes, Director of IMS for San Ysidro SD.
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12/3/09 GENESIS is the Clear Winner for Phoenix Union HSD (AZ)

Phoenix Union High School District will implement Edupoint's GENESIS™ student information system across 16 high school campuses. Using a comprehensive evaluation matrix, a District team that included representatives from technical, administrative, and operational user groups graded a number of the SIS solutions on the market. Three finalists were then chosen to demonstrate their solutions, industry expertise, and customer support capabilities. GENESIS was a clear winner and the team’s unanimous choice.
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11/30/09 Glendale ESD Chooses Edupoint’s SIS Solution for 17 Schools in Arizona

The District will implement GENESIS™ student information system to manage every school in the Glendale Elementary School District after being selected in a competitive bid process. The District evaluation team gave the Edupoint solution high marks for the flexibility of its architecture, its enhanced data and access security, and the company’s commitment to customer support and product development.
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11/1/09 Industry Veteran Strengthens the Edupoint Management Team

Edupoint Educational Systems, a leading student information systems provider to the national K-12 market, has hired Richard Lessard to direct the company’s Sales and Marketing departments. Lessard comes to the company with more than 20 years experience in the industry and will report to Robert Weathers, Chairman and CEO.
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8/1/09 Edupoint Migrates Virginia Beach City Public Schools to GENESIS™

SASI student information system to be replaced by Edupoint's GENESIS to meet Virginia reporting requirements. Virginia Beach City Public School District to implement a student information system (SIS) across 85 campuses that will support more than 80,000 students and full-time staff members.
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7/16/09 San Diego County Office of Education Leads Member School Districts in Switch to GENESIS™

Edupoint Educational Systems, a student information system solutions provider to the national K-12 market, has met every requirement of the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) and is implementing its GENESIS™ student information system (SIS) across 40 school districts in the region. The SDCOE performed a comprehensive vendor evaluation and tested multiple solutions within their data center environment. Edupoint successfully demonstrated the capability of GENESIS™ to meet every requirement, including California-specific reporting policies.
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7/1/09 Largest School District in Minnesota Selects GENESIS™

Anoka-Hennepin School District, under a contract awarded June 19 to Edupoint, will implement the company’s GENESIS™ solution throughout the District’s schools . More than 200 stakeholders representing each school, user profile, technical discipline, and the District administration contributed to an extensive evaluation process that selected Edupoint.
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7/1/09 Soquel Union ESD (CA) selects company’s GENESIS™ student information system for all campuses

Soquel Union ESD is a K-8 district comprising three elementary schools and a single middle school that together educate almost 2,000 students. The District will implement the entire GENESIS™ solution suite to provide robust student management to each campus and a student/parent self-service web portal.
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6/9/09 Poway USD (CA) Selects GENESIS™ Following Extensive Evaluations

Edupoint Educational Systems was selected on April 20 by the Poway Unified School District to provide a comprehensive student information system for the district’s 36 campuses. The company’s GENESIS™ solution was determined to offer the best value by the District following its yearlong evaluation of seven leading student information systems.
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4/3/09 Wilson Promoted on Success of GENESIS™ Development

After leading the product development organization team that delivered GENESIS™, one of the most successful products in the company’s history, Rob Wilson has been promoted to President of Edupoint Educational Systems.

3/11/09 Phoenix ESD (AZ) Chooses Edupoint for Student Information Management

Edupoint will implement its second system, the GENESIS student information system, for the district’s 17 campuses. This project is an expansion of the relationship -- the district has been a satisfied user of Edupoint’s GENESEA™ solution for the management of special education students.

3/7/09 Tolleson Union High School District (AZ) Awards Contract to Edupoint Educational Systems

The Tolleson Union High School District has awarded a contract to Edupoint Educational Systems, an administrative systems solutions provider to the K-12 market, for its GENESIS™ web-based student information system. The school district, which has more than 8,500 students, will utilize features of the system to manage student information and provide easy online access to teachers, students, and parents.

3/1/09 Edupoint’s GENESIS™ System Wins Alhambra Elementary School District (AZ) Contract

The district sought a customizable web-based solution to manage all student information and provide easy online access to teachers, students, and parents. On January 30, a contract was awarded for the GENESIS™ system after an extensive evaluation of available solutions.

2/25/09 Edupoint to Deliver Secure Student Information System to Litchfield ESD (AZ)

The district sought a more cost effective solution for managing student data and required a secure system to provide access to more than 9,000 teachers, administrators, students, and parents.

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