Board of Education Expected to Vote Tuesday 8/23 on Who Makes Land Use Decisions @mocoboe @mcps

Members of the Montgomery County Board of Education are expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on a resolution that would cede their authority on land use decisions “of a routine nature” to the superintendent, who then would be able to delegate that power to the director of facilities management.

Under the request from Superintendent Monifa McKnight, “the superintendent of schools or his/her designee” will approve and execute permanent easements, utility easements, rights-of-way, rights-of-entry, memoranda of understanding for land-related issues, and land-related agreements of a routine nature with governmental entities and adjoining land owners, to provide greater administrative efficiency.”

If this consent agenda item is approved, the facilities management staff will decide issues surrounding school land and placement of cell towers and bus depots, according to the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County, which was formed in 2002 for “greater transparency and accountability,” according to its self-described principles...

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