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Parents, advocates urge Gary board to drop or limit proposed cell towers near schools
Summary
Multiple residents and local advocates urged the Gary Community School Corporation board to halt consideration of proposed cell towers near school property, saying FCC rules are outdated and expressing health, wildlife and transparency concerns; the item was not acted on at the Sept. 11 meeting.
Jenny Werner Ham, a school social worker and board member of Gary Advocates for Responsible Development, told the Gary Community School Corporation board on Sept. 11 that the proposed cell-tower item had been removed from the meeting agenda and urged the district to abandon plans for towers on occupied school property. "I am hopeful that the omission of the cell tower from the agenda means that the board has listened to feedback and is looking to not move forward with this…
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