Cash-Strapped School Board Reconsiders Cell Tower Ban
Citing the potential of a $100 million budget shortfall, Palm Beach County (Fla.) School Board has begun the process of lifting the 12-year-old cell tower moratorium, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Cell towers were allowed at nine schools during the 1990s, which generate between $75,000 to $90,000 per tower per five-year term, before the ban was put into place in 1997 in response to radiation fears.
In another example of a school board siding with cell towers, the Hillsborough (Fla.) School Board refused a county commission’s request to halt plans for cell towers at schools until questions about consulting the community could be resolved, according to TampaBay.com
Even though the FCC assures the public of the safety of cell towers, parents still fill hearing rooms with expressions of anxiety over RF radiation from cell towers.
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