Cell Phone Towers Coming to 9 DeKalb Schools

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The DeKalb County School Board vote 7-1 on Monday night to allow controversial cell phone towers to be built at nine schools. The plan called for T-Mobile to build towers on 12 school campuses and pay the district monthly rent for each location.

Some parents who attended the Monday night meeting were conceed about the safety of the towers, and how that might affect their children who attend the schools. Other parents were worried that the money collected in rent at each site might not go directly back to the schools.

On the other hand, some residents told FOX 5 they saw the towers as a big opportunity for the district, which could use the money it would be able to collect in rent from T-Mobile.

The board voted on Monday night to allow the towers to be built at nine of the proposed 12 schools. That means schools will be built at the following schools:

Briarlake Elementary
Flat Rock Elementary
Harris Elementary
Jolly Elementary
Princeton Elementary
Smoke Rise Elementary
Margaret Harris Comprehensive
Lakeside High
M.L. King, Jr. High

Brockett Elementary, Meadowview Elementary and Medlock Elementary were removed from the proposed list.