These towers are imposed badges of inferiority upon the schools that they abut and upon the surrounding neighborhoods that the affected schools serve. The stigmatic effects undermine BOE's/MCPS' efforts to equalize and integrate County schools.
Correct. Green zone schools have successfully kept these commercial structures off their local school land. Only 1 Red Zone school, Sligo Middle School, has been able to do the same. The vast majority of cell towers on public school land in Montgomery County are on Red Zone school sites.
These towers are imposed badges of inferiority upon the schools that they abut and upon the surrounding neighborhoods that the affected schools serve. The stigmatic effects undermine BOE's/MCPS' efforts to equalize and integrate County schools.
ReplyDeleteCorrect. Green zone schools have successfully kept these commercial structures off their local school land. Only 1 Red Zone school, Sligo Middle School, has been able to do the same. The vast majority of cell towers on public school land in Montgomery County are on Red Zone school sites.
DeleteRed Zone = low income student population