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WEBVTT ARUNDEL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDSAYS WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTEIF THE MAGLEV TAKES OFF.PUTTING PEN TO PAPER, A TOTALLYOLD-SCHOOL WAY TO CELEBRATE AMILESTONE FOR A HIGH-TECH MARVELLIKE THE MAGLEV.MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH: THIS IS ANOPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD ON AFUTURE THAT MANY FOLKS CAN NOTEVEN IMAGINE. KATE BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF: OPPOSITION TO THE 300MILE-PER-HOUR MAGNETICLEVITATION TRAIN BETWEEN DC ANDBALTIMORE.DENNIS BRADY: I DON'T THINK ITWILL HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THECONGESTION OUR ROAD SYSTEMS AREON THE RIGHT NOW.KATE TODAY WE HEARD FROM CITIZEN: GROUPS AND THE ANNE ARUNDELCOUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.>> THE MOTION PASSES, 7 -1.KATE WHICH DECIDED TO OFFICIALLY: OPPOSE THE PROJECT.JULIE HUMMER: IF THE ROUTE WERETO GO THROUGH AND DISPLACE OURSCHOOLS, IT CERTAINLY IS WITHINOUR PURVIEW BECAUSE THAT COVERSOUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES,RELOCATING SCHOOLS, HUGEFINANCIAL IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVEON THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.KATE CONCERNS ABOOUT NOISE,: VIBRATIONS AND OTHERDISRUPTIONS FOR MORE THAN 2200STUDENTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS IN THEPROPOSED MAGLEV PATHS.THERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE ROUTESLEFT ON THE TABLE.ONE OF THEM ROUGHLY FOLLOWS THEAMTRAK PENN LINE FROM D.C. TOBALTIMORE.THE OTHER TWO FLANK THE BWPARKWAY.ONE ROUTE TO THE LEFT OF IT, THEOTHER TO THE RIGHT.UNTIL IT'S NARROWED DOWN TO JUSTONE,THE OPPOSITION IS PREMATURE,ARGUED THE MAGLEV REP INATTENDENCE WHO CAME TO THISMEETING ARMED WITH PROMISES.KISHA BROWN: THE REMAINING THREEALTERNATIVE ROUTES BEING STUDIEDARE UNDERGROUND BY ANY SCHOOLSIN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.WE ARE CONFIDENT THERE WILL NOTBE ANY PERCEPTIBLE VIBRATIONSFELT ABOVE GROUND AT THE SCHOOLSOR ON ANY OF THE PROPOSEDROUTESKATE: EVEN SO, IF THE MAGLEVTUNNELS UNDER THE SCHOOLS THSYSTEM WOULD STILL REQUIREEMERGENCY EXITS, AND VENTILATIONPORTALS THE SCHOOL BOARD ISWORRIED WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT

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A train that boasts the ability to travel between Washington, D.C., and New York in less than an hour, and even include a stop in Baltimore, is getting some serious pushback.Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and other city officials celebrated a milestone Wednesday morning for the maglev."This is an opportunity for us to build on a future that many folks cannot even imagine," Pugh said.But some members of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education met Wednesday and expressed fear that four schools with more than 2,000 students will be negatively impacted if the maglev takes off."If the route were to go through and displace our schools, it certainly is within our purview because that covers our school properties, relocating schools (and a) huge financial impact that would have on the entire school system," Board President Julie K. Hummer said.The board voted 7-1 to officially oppose the project. The majority of the members are worried about safety, noise, vibrations and other disruptions for more than 2,200 students at four elementary schools in the proposed maglev paths.There are three possible routes left on the table. One route would roughly follow the MARC Penn Line from D.C. to Baltimore. The other two, flak the Baltimore-Washington Parkway with one route to the left of it and the other to the right."The remaining three alternative routes being studied are underground by any schools in Anne Arundel County. We are confident there will not be any perceptible vibrations felt above ground at the schools or on any of the proposed routes," said Kisha Brown, with Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail.Citizen groups also weighed in with opposition."I don't think it will have any impact on the congestion our road systems are under right now," said Dennis Brady, with Citizens Against Maglev.One member of the board argued the opposition is premature until the routes are narrowed down to one.Even if the maglev tunnels under the schools, the system will require emergency exits and ventilation portals, and the board is worried that construction and use will also be disruptive.