Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Gerald Evans

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Time for a Moratorium on Cell Tower Compounds on Public School Playgrounds

Daly Elementary School, Germantown, MD cell tower

A Maryland Delegate in Anne Arundel County has filed a Bill that would put a one year moratorium on the construction of cell towers on public school playgrounds.

The video clip below shows Delegate Herb McMillan presenting his Bill (HB 727) to the House Ways and Means Committee on March 12, 2015. Supporters of the HB 727 speak first and then the opponents of HB 727 respond. The opponents of HB 727 are the lobbyist for Milestone Communications Gerry Evans, the president of Milestone Communications Management III, Inc. Len Forkas, and a lobbyist for the cell tower industry in Maryland.

2015 March 12 HB 727 Public Comment by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

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Principles

Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011