Residents to speak at Fort Mill School Board Meeting over Silfab Solar facility concerns

FORT MILL, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Concerned community members are expected to attend Tuesday’s Fort Mill School Board meeting to speak out against the Silfab Solar facility that’s being built near several schools.

Parents and residents have voiced concerns in the past over how close the Silfab Solar facility is to schools, citing potential environmental risks and an alleged lack of transparency.

Silfab’s site is located close to Riverview Elementary and Banks Trail Middle School, and some parents have called for relocating students out of the area entirely.

In response to the outcry, the Fort Mill School District initiated several environmental studies aimed at monitoring air quality before and after the facility becomes operational.

“The first one is a periodic sampling, which happ