Group Fights Cellphone Towers on School Property

A new group in Maryland has formed to support Prince George’s County residents who are against a plan to build cell phone towers on school property.

The Maryland Coalition Against Celltowers on School Grounds consists of residents and activists from across the state, according to The Washington Post.

Residents from Prince George’s, Montgomery, Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties spoke out at a recent Prince George’s County Public School Board of Education meeting.

“I find it quite shameful that you would put our kids in danger,” Percie Rutherford of Upper Marlboro said, according the Post.

The board did not respond during the public portion of the meeting, but board Chairman Segun Eubanks previously said there was “considerable homework” done on public safety and the towers.

“There is no reason to believe that the cellphone towers are more dangerous than any other technology that we are exposed to on a regular basis,” Eubanks said.

If Prince George’s County goes through with the plan, the property will be leased to Milestone Communications for $25,000 per site and receive 40 percent of the gross revenue from the towers, the Post reports. That could bring the school system $2.5 million in five years.

>>> Read the full story at The Washington Post.

>>The Maryland Coalition Against Celltowers on School Grounds has formed to fight the plan for towers to be built on Prince George’s County school property. Patch file photo.

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