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Friday, February 7, 2020

MCPS Shipping 200+ Tons of Crumb Rubber Infill to Maine School #artificialturf #WJHS #crumbrubber

Half of the 229 one ton bags of crumb rubber removed from the WJHS failed artificial turf field.

WJHS crumb rubber.
Each bag is 1 ton of ground up tires.

MCPS has now announced what will happen to the 200+ tons of crumb rubber removed from the failed Walter Johnson High School artificial turf football field.

Most of the 220 tons of crumb rubber will be shipped to Maine where it will be used as infill for a school field in the town of East Machias, Maine. The school is in a very rural area and serves both private and public school students.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Bill Filed Today to Prohibit Ground Up Tires from Being Used as Artificial Turf #crumbrubber #artificialturf

Ground up tires spilling out of RMHS
artificial turf.

Maryland House Bill 1032 Summary:

Prohibiting the Secretary of the Environment from issuing a permit to install, materially alter, or materially extend incinerators; prohibiting a person that stores scrap tires from returning the scrap tires to the marketplace for use as artificial turf; prohibiting a person from incinerating tires; specifying the authority of a political subdivision to regulate refuse disposal systems and solid waste; etc.

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1032?ys=2020rs

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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