I teach at Spotsylvania High School and I have an Amateur Radio Club(KK4WXX). It's always difficult to get kids into HAM radio, but I was thinking that GMRS would be a good way to get students interested. We are in the rural part of the county and have pretty spotty cell service.
I doubt we could get an antenna up on one of the 175 ft water towers, but I could try. The press box of the stadium or maybe the school building might be possible locations.