The Montgomery County School Board voiced unanimous opposition Tuesday to a proposed bill in the Maryland Legislature that would prohibit leasing space for any new cell phone towers on elementary and middle school property.

Currently, Rockville‘s Tilden Middle School and Germantown’s Capt. James E. Daly Elementary have towers. The financial benefit, according to a memo to the board from Superintendent Jerry Weast, amounts to $96,000 to be divided among various schools and district accounts each year.

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