MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith Has A Secret #ArtificialTurf #plasticpollution

On Thursday, January 9, 2020, the Board of Education will be presented with a Resolution for the replacement of the defective, failed Walter Johnson High School artificial turf football field.  The Resolution (shown below) mentions that there is a detailed recycling plan for the old artificial turf and infill when it is removed.  But, Superintendent Smith doesn't actually tell the Board of Education or the public about that detailed recycling plan. 

The Board of Education will vote on the removal of this plastic field without knowing what will happen to all that plastic and the 120 tons of ground up tires. 

RMHS artificial turf in dumpster (2018)

Recall that when the Richard Montgomery High School artificial turf football field was replaced the old field littered the ground, polluted storm drains, spilled on the street, and was ultimately dumped by a river in Baltimore County.

Superintendent Jack R. Smith and MCPS COO Andrew Zuckerman didn't want to discuss the massive pollution that resulted from the removal of that artificial turf field. They considered questions about the pollution a distraction from their "core mission of teaching and learning."

     The statement read in part:

...It is unfortunate that there is a small group of individuals attempting to mislead and misinform our community about this issue. This behavior distracts from our core mission of teaching and learning. I am particularly troubled by the fact that in this case we are fielding questions about a paintball facility’s reuse of artificial turf in White Marsh, Maryland when here in Montgomery County locally we are focused on creating opportunities for all students to learn and achieve at high levels...

http://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2018/08/parade-of-pollution-july-30-2018-smith.html

Superintendent Smith even said what happens to the removed plastic and ground up tires was "beyond the control of MCPS."

http://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2018/08/superintendent-smith-says-what-happens.html

MCPS dumped RMHS plastic field by Bird River.

Now, here we are in 2020 and another MCPS artificial turf field is about to be torn up and thrown away.  But where will the old plastic field and 120 tons of ground up tires go?  

Will it once again be dumped by a river?

Will it once again go to a landfill in Southern Virginia?

Superintendent Jack Smith isn't telling.

   Award Cont Replace Turf Field Walter Johnson HS by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd