Hillsborough County (Fla.) district won't halt plans for cell phone towers

Despite a request by the County Commission, theHillsborough County (Fla.) School Board has refused to halt plans to raise any more cell towers at schools until concerns about community involvement are resolved. To read The St. Petersburg Times article, click here. EARLIER: Hillsborough County, Fla., commissioners have asked that the school district immediately halt plans to raise any more cell towers at schools until concerns about community involvement are resolved. The request comes after more than a dozen Hillsborough schools have added cell towers to their campuses in recent years with relatively little attention. Principals have been glad to have the extra cash, which can range into the thousands. To read The St. Petersburg Times article, click here.

FROM JANUARY 2009: Plans to erect a 100-foot cell phone tower at Coleman Middle School in Tampa, Fla., have been rejected, less than 48 hours after tempers flared at a heated community meeting that featured more than 300 parents, area residents, hecklers and police guards. The decision culminated months of divisiveness in South Tampa's Culbreath Heights community and relieved parents who believed the school was no place for a tower.
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