Breaking: 4 Cell Towers Going Up TODAY to Beat State BOE Opinion that will Slam Boards of Ed for Deal that Violates Education Code

8/6/2015 Annapolis Middle School

Here is what it looks like when Boards of Educations hate public school children.  

Parents in 4 communities have all OPPOSED the construction of cell towers on their public school playgrounds.
In one community, the parents appealed the decision to build a cell tower on their local school to the Maryland State Board of Education.  And guess what? The parents have a very good chance of winning their appeal.

What should a Board of Education that hates public school children do when they are about to lose?  
Put up those controversial cell towers as fast as possible. And that is exactly what is going on in Prince George's and Anne Arundel Counties today.  Fast paced construction is putting up 4 cell towers on public school playgrounds.

Here is what the Administrative Law Judge who heard this case decided:

PROPOSED ORDER 

IT IS PROPOSED that the State Board order that the Local Board's agreement to lease school property for the purpose of construction a cell tower (or cell towers) as memorialized in the Master Agreement is not consistent with its trust obligations under section 4-114(a)(1) of the Education Article.

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The Administrative Law Judge's complete April 21, 2015, Proposed Decision is available at the link below. 

Click on this link for the construction that is also ongoing at Magothy River Middle School.  We have also been informed that construction is commencing at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Prince George's County and at Corkran Middle School in Anne Arundel County, in addition to Annapolis Middle School shown in the image above.

   2015 ALJ Proposed Decision Cell Tower Appeal DOC042415-04242015083205 by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Watch: BOE Puts Cell Towers on 73 Playgrounds in 40 Seconds .@PGCPSCEO @VoteDougDuncan #getthecellout

This November 11, 2010 video shows the Prince George's County Public Schools Board of Education agreeing to place cell towers on 73 public school playgrounds.

There was no discussion of this decision and the entire process took a total of 40 seconds. The proposal was on the Board of Education's Consent Agenda.

This is the super cool "deal" that former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan has been pushing on behalf of Milestone Communications.  The "deal" is that a Board of Education votes on a "master lease" to put all school sites up as potential cell tower sites.  There is no notice to the neighbors of these school sites and no opportunity for public comment.  Mr. Duncan called this super cool deal a "no brainer."

Prince George's County Public School parents and neighbors are just now, in 2014, starting to find out that their neighborhood public school playgrounds are about to include cell towers through a deal that was on the Consent Agenda in 2010!

Surprise! Guess you all missed the 40 second decision by your Board of Education back in 2010!



**Note to Montgomery County parents and school neighbors: All Boards of Education in Maryland are part of the same club and vacation/conference together each year in Ocean City, Maryland. The club is called the Maryland Association of Boards of Education.  Milestone Communications is one of the partners of these vacation/conferences.


Here is the list of Prince George's County Public School playgrounds that are listed as being available for cell phone towers through Milestone Communications.

Green Valley Academy Existing_Structure
Burroughs MS In_Development
Croom Vocational High School In_Development
Flowers High School In_Development
Kenmoor Middle School In_Development
Oxon Hill Middle School In_Development
Parkdale High School In_Development
Tasker Middle School In_Development
Annapolis Road Academy AHS Rawland_Site
Beltsville Academy Rawland_Site
Bladensburg High School Rawland_Site
Bowie High School Rawland_Site
Brent Regional School Rawland_Site
Buck Lodge Middle School Rawland_Site
Carroll Middle School Rawland_Site
Central High School Rawland_Site
Chapel Forge Early Childhood Center Rawland_Site
Crossland High School Rawland_Site
Decatur Middle School Rawland_Site
Douglass High School Rawland_Site
Drew-Freeman Middle School Rawland_Site
Duckworth Regional School Rawland_Site
DuVal High School Rawland_Site
Eisenhower Middle School Rawland_Site
EXCEL Academy Charter Public School Rawland_Site
Fairmont Heights High School Rawland_Site
Forestville High School Rawland_Site
Friendly High School Rawland_Site
Fuchs Early Childhood Center Rawland_Site
Gholson Middle School Rawland_Site
Goddard Montessori School Rawland_Site
Gourdine Middle School Rawland_Site
Green Valley Academy at Edgar Allan Poe Rawland_Site
Greenbelt Middle School Rawland_Site
Gwynn Park High School Rawland_Site
Gwynn Park Middle School Rawland_Site
Hall Academy Rawland_Site
Hanson Montessori School Rawland_Site
High Point High School Rawland_Site
Hyattsville Middle School Rawland_Site
Imagine Lincoln Public Charter School Rawland_Site
Jackson Academy Rawland_Site
Johnson Middle School Rawland_Site
Just Middle School Rawland_Site
Kettering Middle School Rawland_Site
King Middle School Rawland_Site
Largo High School Rawland_Site
Laurel High School Rawland_Site
Madison Middle School Rawland_Site
Marshall Middle School Rawland_Site
Mason Special Center Rawland_Site
Massie Academy Rawland_Site
Northwestern High School Rawland_Site
Ogle Middle School Rawland_Site
Orem Middle School Rawland_Site
Owens Science Center Rawland_Site
Oxon Hill High School Rawland_Site
Possibility Prep Charter School Rawland_Site
Potomac High School Rawland_Site
Pullen Creative School Rawland_Site
Rieg Regional School Rawland_Site
Roosevelt High School Rawland_Site
Schmidt Outdoor Education Center Rawland_Site
Stoddert Middle School Rawland_Site
Suitland High School Rawland_Site
Surrattsville High School Rawland_Site
Tall Oaks Vocational High School Rawland_Site
Tanglewood Regional School Rawland_Site
Turning Point Academy Public Charter School Rawland_Site
Walker Mill Middle School Rawland_Site
Wheatley Early Childhood Center Rawland_Site
Wirt Middle School Rawland_Site
Wise High School Rawland_Site