Denuncian condiciones insalubres y hacinamiento en escuela de Germantown

Neelsville Middle students speak out about school nicknamed 'prison on the hill'

WTOP: Parents, students protest school boundary change in Montgomery County

Parents and children, many from Clarksburg, Maryland, turned out in strong numbers to protest changes to school district boundaries Tuesday night outside the Montgomery County Board of Education.

Inside board headquarters, members voted 7-1 to approve Superintendent Jack Smith’s recommendation for school district boundary changes for Clarksburg, Northwest and Seneca Valley High Schools...

...“I have two siblings, and they’re going to two different schools; and all three of us, we’re going to be going to three different schools in three different ZIP codes and that’s a lot,” Van Herksen said...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/11/parents-and-students-protest-school-boundary-change/

Media Alert: Protest Planned for BOE Boundary Study Vote on 11/26 from 4pm-7pm

   Clarksburg and Germantown Communities to Protest Board of Education Upcounty Boundary Study Vote PRESS RELE... by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

Neelsville Middle School SGA says students call school "prison on the hill." @mcps @mocoboe

Public Comment from Neelsville Middle School SGA students at the November 5, 2019, Board of Education Facilities and Boundary Hearing.

Students discussed the one bathroom used by boys, girls and staff (each has their own stall), the lack of an elevator for access to all floors, and the need to have one hall be used for only one way traffic among other issues with the building.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/community-weighs-in-on-new-seneca-valley-high-school-in-upper-montgomery-county

NEELSVILLE PTSA: OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CELL TOWER ON NEELSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY @mcps @mocoboe

  Neelsville PTSA Press Release and Update on Cell Tower 2017-06-13 by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

Board of Ed Targets Neelsville Middle Again for Cell Tower on Playground #RedZone #CellTower

The Montgomery County Board of Education has been targeting this one MCPS middle school for the placement of a cell tower on playground since 2013!  The parents keep saying no, and the BOE keeps bullying them.  

Would a school in the "green zone/low FARMS/low poverty" part of Montgomery County go through this continued bullying?  We know the answer is no.  Green zone schools say no and the cell towers go away.  

The next meeting to bully the Neelsville Middle School parents and community is Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 6:30 PM.  

  Neelsville Middle School by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

TORRE DE TELÉFONIA CELULAR EN LA PROPIEDAD ESCUELA

SECUNDARIA NEELSVILLE

Reunión informativa el día jueves, 8 de junio a las 6:30 p.m.

Asiste a la junta en junio e infórmate más sobre la propuesta para instalar una torre de telefonía celular.

Haz preguntas y obtén respuestas directo de Verizon, MCPS y otros.

Crees que debería haber una torre celular en la escuela? Representa un riesgo de salud para los estudiantes? Vale tomar el riesgo por dinero?

Toda la comunidad de Neelsville está invitada. Los miembros del PTSA, actuales y anteriores pueden votar para  apoyar o para oponerse a la instalación de la torre. No eres miembro del PTSA? Puedes asistir a la junta y votar, tu voto cuenta. La posición del PTSA, ya sea en apoyo o en oposición, tendrá un impacto significativo en caso de que la torre se instale en Neelsville.

Asiste a la reunión el día 8 de junio, también danos tu opinion en nuestra Página de Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/neelsvillemsptsa

Haz que tu voz se escuche!

Cell Towers on Schools: Questions to Ask the School Board

Cell Towers on Schools: Questions to Ask the School Board

Breaking: Neelsville PTSA Says They Have No Position On Cell Tower, Contradicts MCPS Assertion to Tower Committee

Tower Committee Chair Stops Public from Speaking

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017, the Montgomery County Tower Committee approved a cell tower for the Neelsville Middle School playground based on MCPS staff's assertion that the proposal had been approved by the Neelsville PTSA. 

At the 12 minute mark in the video of the Tower Committee meeting you can watch as the Tower Committee Chair stops the public from speaking about the lack of community approval for this cell tower. 

Meanwhile, the Verizon representative is permitted to speak during the meeting without restriction. 

Below is today's Press Release from the Neelsville Middle School PTSA stating, in fact, they have not taken a position on this December 2016, Verizon application for a cell tower on the school's playground. 

   Neelsville PTSA Press Release and Open Letter on Cell Tower 2017-01-10 by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

Video: Tower Committee Approves Cell Tower for School without BOE or PTSA Consent

Exclusive video of the January 4, 2017, Montgomery County Tower Committee meeting.  

Watch as the Tower Committee approves a cell tower for the loading dock at Neeslville Middle School without the Board of Education (the land owner) ever discussing or approving of this major construction project, and without the approval of the current PTSA.

This is at least the 4th time that Verizon has attempted to put a cell tower at Neeslville Middle School.  Previous attempts have met with push back from the parent community.  This most recent Verizon proposal is new for the 2016-2017 school year and has been brought to the Tower Committee without the approval of the PTSA.  That is in direct violation of the MCPS policy on how cell tower proposals are to be handled at individual schools.

But, this is a high poverty school and we know how differently those schools are treated when it comes to cell tower proposals.  When Wootton HS and Whitman HS parents said no to cell towers the proposals went away.  When Neelsville MS said no, Verizon just kept coming back over and over and over and over again until the proposal was pushed through this time without notification to parents.

Jack Smith Putting Another Cell Tower Compound on Another Red Zone Playground - Without Board of Ed Approval

The Board of Education is the land owner of public school property.

Only the Board of Education can make decisions to build, sell or buy public school land.

However, Superintendent Jack Smith has decided to bypass the Board of Education on Wednesday, January 4, 2016, and he will be asking the Montgomery County Tower Committee to approve the construction of a cell tower at Neelsville Middle School without the consent of the Board of Education.

Afterall, who cares about another cell tower on another Red Zone (high poverty rate) school?

And who cares about getting the approval of the land owner, the Board of Education, prior to constructing a cell tower for a private company on public school land?

No need to follow the national news to hear reports of government officials making back room deals, behind closed doors.  Just follow MCPS and the Montgomery County Tower Committee and you will witness the exact same behavior right in your own backyard.    

Bowers Putting Another Cell Tower Compound on Another Red Zone Playground - Meeting Tues. April 14th at 7 PM: Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Bowers Putting Cell Tower on Another Red Zone School Playground. 80% Free & Reduced Lunch School to Get Cell Tower

Yellow dots show existing cell towers on MCPS playgrounds.

Larry Bowers time as superintendent is almost up, but he still has one more cell tower he wants to put on a Red Zone (low income student population) playground.

The pink arrow in the image at left shows the location of Neelsville Middle School in Germantown.

As reported by ABC7 in 2015:  MCPS places controversial cellular towers at predominantly high-poverty schools, stats show

The agenda item shown below details that MCPS staff have already taken this proposal to the Montgomery County Tower Committee without the approval of the land owner, the Board of Education.  Superintendent Larry Bowers is pushing ahead with this construction project without the approval of the Board of Education.

FARMS = Free and Reduced Meals, an indicator of poverty.

Why MCPS Administrators Do Not Notify Parents of Cell Tower Construction

MCPS administrators are currently trying to sneak at least two cell towers on to public school playgrounds.

Why sneak? Because MCPS administrators know how parents and guardians feel about these construction projects!  Parents and guardians are overwhelmingly opposed to the construction of commercial HAZMAT facilities on playgrounds!

Parents and guardians want school playgrounds to be safe places for their children to play.  Parents and guardians are not being lobbied or bribed by private for profit companies, they want a safe place for their children.

Here is video of how MCPS parents and community members feel about the placement of cell towers on public school playgrounds and fields.  The feelings expressed in this video have been heard from parents and guardians all over the county. 

Red Zone and Green Zone parents all feel the same way about these commercial HAZMAT for-profit construction projects. Parents and guardians all over the county are outraged when MCPS attempts to construct these projects on their local school playground.

The difference is that in the Red Zone, MCPS administrators work very, very hard to sneak the towers in without parents and guardians finding out what is going on.  That's called EQUITY in Montgomery County.  Thank your local Apple Ballot elected leader!

Video: Outraged Community at Wootton High School Cell Tower Meeting

Bowers Putting More Cell Towers on Red Zone Playgrounds #parkland #neelsville

Now that Larry Bowers is in charge cell towers can go up on Red Zone (high poverty) playgrounds. The next two Red Zone schools getting cell towers are Parkland and Neelsville Middle Schools. 

Green zone parents and guardians have been adamant that they do not want these commercial structures on their local school land.

Montgomery County is being permanently changed by the placement of cell towers on Red Zone schools.  Anyone driving around the County will easily be able to tell the poverty level of a neighborhood by the big, tall cell tower marking the public school playground. 

Bowers Putting Another Cell Tower Compound on Another Red Zone Playground - Meeting Tues. April 14th at 7 PM

PTSA Meeting

When: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Where: Neelsville Middle School Media Center, Germantown

Interim MCPS Superintendent Larry Bowers is allowing VERIZON to make a presentation at Neelsville Middle School on Tuesday, April 14th on his plans to permit another cell tower compound to be built on another Red Zone playground.

The next MCPS Red Zone school to get a cell tower compound will be Neeslville Middle School in Germantown. See the pink arrow on the map for the location of Neelsville Middle School.
Red Zone refers to schools that have a high rate of students receiving free and reduced priced meals. As you can see from this map, the vast majority of cell tower compounds on MCPS playgrounds have been placed on schools that are located in the Red Zone.  It has been documented that cell towers can reduce the property value of neighboring properties.

Yellow dots show MCPS school playgrounds that already have cell tower compounds.

Starr Wants Cell Tower on Another Middle School Playground

The school is surrounded by homes on 3 sides.

The Parents' Coalition has learned that Superintendent Joshua Starr is now proposing a cell tower for the Roberto Clemente Middle School playground.  The proposal will be presented to parents at the November PTA meeting.

By our count, this is the 7th cell tower that Superintendent Starr has proposed for a MCPS playground since he became superintendent.

• Has Superintendent Starr ever made a public statement on why he is pushing for cell towers on MCPS playgrounds? No.

• Has Superintendent Starr ever made a public presentation to the Board of Education about his 7 cell tower construction projects? No. 

• Better question, has the Board of Education ever publicly ASKED about Superintendent Starr's 7 cell tower proposals? No.

If cell tower compounds on public school playgrounds are such a super cool awesome deal, then why all the secrecy?

 

Let's hear the Board of Education and Superintendent Starr discuss these plans in public at the next Board of Education meeting!  

MCPS Public Info Officer Dana Tofig: ‘No Conclusive Evidence’ of Cell Towers’ Impact on Health' (When did Board of Education decide this?)

Bethesda Beat:  School system plans to continue to allow vendors to approach schools with tower proposals

The proposal for a cell tower at Wootton High School is scrapped, but the school system plans to continue its policy of allowing vendors to approach county schools to place cell towers on school property.
At a public meeting Tuesday, parents of Wootton students worried that radio waves from the tower might be hazardous to their children’s health.
In an email response to questions about what the school system knows about the safety of the towers, Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig wrote, “We continue to monitor the latest information and research and there is no conclusive evidence or data that indicates that cell towers have an impact on human health.” Tofig added, “We will continue to follow our process if there are future requests to locate towers on school property.”...

Starr Putting Another Cell Tower Compound on a Red Zone Playground - Meeting This Evening

Superintendent Joshua Starr is allowing VERIZON to make a presentation this evening, JUNE 4, 2013 at 7 PM on his plans to permit another cell tower compound to be built on a Red Zone playground.

The next Red Zone school will be Neeslville Middle School in Germantown. See the orange arrow on the map.

The yellow dots on this map show the locations of the existing cell towers on MCPS playgrounds.

Starr's Next Cell Tower Compound! Meeting June 4th at 7 PM Neelsville Middle School

Daly Elementary School playground
Germantown, MD

Superintendent Joshua Starr wants to put another cell tower at another red zone middle school. 

The one and only meeting for parents, staff and neighbors has been scheduled for:

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 7 PM

Neelsville Middle School

Media Center

Verizon will be presenting their plan for the construction

 of a cell tower compound at the school.