During the first meeting, the public learned that the lease for these properties will include an early termination clause. That means that if after say 6 years, the Board of Education wants to use one of these properties for the education of public children, the Board of Education will have to pay a fee to end the lease early. To date, the early termination clause fee has not been announced by MCPS or the solar panel companies.
Potomac Residents Decry School System Plan to Install Solar Panels at Former Organic Farm
...Sean Gallagher, assistant director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management, told a crowd of about 70 people Tuesday night at Seven Locks Elementary School that together with proposed solar panel fields on future school sites in Gaithersburg and Rockville, MCPS could save about $2.5 million in electricity costs over the next 10 years...
...The solar panels at Brickyard would cover 12 acres of the site, cost about $5 million to build...
MCPS saves $2.5M, but spends $5M in the process OR doesn't build needed new schools to combat overcrowding. Sounds like the BOE we've all come to know and love. Why do we continue to vote for these losers?
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