Tell the Board of Education Not to Eliminate Transparency in Land Use Decisions

UPDATE April 19, 2023:

That Board is trying to revive the exact same proposal. CLICK HERE to let them know this is still a bad idea's commission point


UPDATE September 2022:

GOOD NEWS! Your voices were heard by Moco’s Board of Education! Thanks to all who responded to this alert. Thanks to your emails, the Board said they had “heard from the community” and removed the vote from the agenda. However, they could bring the vote back at any time so stay tuned for future developments. In the meantime, feel free to email the Board members at BOE@mcpsmd.org and tell them not to bring back this terrible proposal!


URGENT ACTION !

The Montgomery County Board of Education is voting this Tuesday on a resolution that will hide controversial approvals like school cell towers, massive bus depots by delegating land use decision-making to a civil servant designated by the superintendent !

Unless we take action, on August 23, 2022 they could vote unanimously to delegate to the superintendent the authority to make significant land use decisions. How could this happen? The resolution is on the BOE's Consent Agenda, so the matter has already been deemed to be one of a routine nature without the need for discussion.  

If this resolution is approved on Tuesday, land use decisions, such as whether to install cell towers on MCPS property, will be made behind closed doors without public notice, public input, or a public vote of the Board of Education.

This action will remove the public scrutiny of the Board of Education having to vote on critical issues.

TAKE ACTION NOW

  1. Use Our 1-Click Letter Writing Tool to tell the Board of Education to move the Delegation of Authority resolution OUT of the consent agenda. This item should have 30 days for public input and be left to the incoming Board.

  2. Contact the Board of Education TODAY

        Telephone and Leave a message for the MCPS BOE: 240-740-3030

Email Yourself: Brenda_Wolff@mcpsmd.org, Karla_Silvestre@mcpsmd.org, Shebra_L_Evans@mcpsmd.org, Rebecca_K_Smondrowski@mcpsmd.org, Lynne_Harris@mcpsmd.org, Scott_H_Joftus@mcpsmd.org, Arvin_kim@mcpsmd.org, Judy_Docca@mcpsmd.org, BOE@mcpsmd.org