Community Use of School Facilities

Public use
The Board permits use of the school facilities to organizations or groups within the District for purposes of education, recreation, entertainment, and charity.

Approval of use
The authorized representative of the Board may approve and schedule the use of school facilities by nonschool organizations except for those activities or programs that result in personal or corporate profit or are designed solely to generate personal or business gain. The use of school facilities by individuals and civic or private groups for meetings or programs open only to a limited/select membership shall require approval by the Board. In addition, long-term routine users (more than six months consecutively) shall have established a presence in the community and receive Board approval. A Board-approved group shall be reassessed for continued building use every other year after the first year.

Approval shall not be granted for any purpose that would damage school property or to groups that are known to have damaged other rented property.
[See CNB regarding nonschool use of District vehicles and FNAB regarding student group use of school facilities]

Priority for use
Priorities to be observed in scheduling the after-hours use of school buildings and other facilities shall be as follows:

1. The regularly scheduled educational program, including scheduled athletic events and emergency meetings called by the principal.
2. Regularly scheduled intraschool use, including community education activities, regularly scheduled staff meetings, and parent meetings.
3. Meetings and other activities of groups made up primarily of school-aged children.
4. Meetings of employee organizations [see DGA].
5. Meetings of all other eligible groups on a first come, first served basis.

Emergencies or disasters
The Superintendent may authorize the use of school facilities by civil defense officials in the case of emergencies or disasters

Fees
Except for use of facilities scheduled as a part of the instructional program, charges shall be made according to a schedule of fees to be reviewed and approved by the Board, Fee structure changes become effective as soon as approved by the Board, with the exception of groups that are presently using the facilities on a routine basis. For these routine users, the new fees shall be assessed as of September 1. The fee schedule shall allow for variations according to the need for school personnel, the particular facilities and equipment to be used, the type of event, and the group classification and size of the requesting organization.