BOE To Modify Building & Use Policy

Agenda item 10 (Use Of Buildings & Grounds) was pulled from the consent agenda and discussed at the September 20th BOE (Board Of Education) meeting. Board Vice President Loren Harms proposed that the Board approve the dates listed for September and October only.

“The reason why I made this motion is that in this request there’s quite a few dates,” Mr. Harms commented, “and the times are very long-dated in time that the facilities are going to be used.”

There were three (3) organizations which were listed: Cub Scouts Troop 116, the Church Of Assumption CYO, and Pop Warner. The three (3) organizations combined requested a total of 159 dates between September 2011 and June 2012.

“I have a concern on not the use of them and whose using them, on just the times and the amount of times that they’re requesting,” Mr. Harms stated. He requested that the Facility Committee review the policy and have something for the Board’s meeting in October. Scott Nelson, as chair of Facilities Committee, was asked to meet with Loren Harms to address the issue.

“It has nothing to do with the organizations that are requesting this. It’s just the dates that they’re requesting and the length of time for each day that they’re requesting, ” Mr. Harms concluded, “We just have to come up with some kind of guideline so we can give everybody the opportunity in the borough and our students to be able to use it.”

Roselle Park Cub Scouts #116  requested use of buildings for den meetings.  The BOE approved only two (2) out of the seven (7) Thursdays that were requested at the Sherman School library for one (1) hour and three (3) out of the 12 Fridays requested in the gymnasium.

The Church of Assumption CYO Basketball requested use of the Roselle Park Middle School gymnasium for 76 dates between September 13, 2011 through June 8, 2012 for seven (7) hours each day. 63 of those dates were not approved.

The Roselle Park Pop Warner requested use of the Sherman School gymnasium Monday – Thursday for cheerleading practice for a total of 63 dates with the Board approving 45 of those dates. A full listing of dates can be viewed below:

Roselle Park Cub Scouts #116

LOCATIONDAYDATETIME
Sherman School libraryThursdaySeptember 22, 2011
November 3, 2011
December 1, 2011
January 5, 2012
February 2, 2012
March 1, 2012
April 26, 2012
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
GymnasiumFridaySeptember 16, 2011
October 21, 2011
November 18, 2011
December 16, 2011
January 20, 2012
January 27, 2012
March 16, 2012
April 20, 2012
May 18, 2012
June 15, 2012
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
GymnasiumFridaySeptember 23, 2011
June 8, 2012
6:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Gymnasium & CafeteriaSaturdaySaturday, January 28, 20128:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Church of Assumption CYO Basketball

LOCATIONDAYDATETIME
Roselle Park Middle School gymMonday & FridaySeptember 16, 2011
September 19, 2011
September 23, 2011
September 26, 2011
September 30, 2011
October 3, 2011
October 7, 2011
October 10, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 17, 2011
October 21, 2011
October 24, 2011
October 28, 2011
November 4, 2011
November 7, 2011
November 11, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 18, 2011
November 21, 2011
November 25, 2011
November 28, 2011
December 2, 2011
December 5, 2011
December 9, 2011
December 12, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 19, 2011
December 23, 2011
December 26, 2011
December 30, 2011
January 2, 2012
January 6, 2012
January 9, 2012
January 13, 2012
January 16, 2012
January 20, 2012
January 23, 2012
January 27, 2012
January 30, 2012
February 3, 2012
February 6, 2012
February 10, 2012
February 13, 2012
February 17, 2012
February 20, 2012
February 24, 2012
February 27, 2012
March 2, 2012
March 5, 2012
March 9, 2012
March 12, 2012
March 16, 2012
March 19, 2012
March 23, 2012
March 26, 2012
March 30, 2012
April 2, 2012
April 6, 2012
April 9, 2012
April 13, 2012
April 16, 2012
April 20, 2012
April 23, 2012
April 27, 2012
April 30, 2012
May 4, 2012
May 7, 2012
May 11, 2012
May 14, 2012
May 18, 2012
May 21, 2012
May 25, 2012
May 28, 2012
June 1, 2012
June 4, 2012
June 8, 2012
2:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Roselle Park Pop Warner Cheerleading

LOCATIONDAYDATETIME
Sherman School gymMonday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
September 5, 2011
September 6, 2011
September 8, 2011
September 14, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 22, 2011
September 29, 2011
October 5, 2011
October 6, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 13, 2011
October 19, 2011
October 20, 2011
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
EJF-Aldene School gymSaturdaySeptember 17, 2011
October 8, 2011
October 15, 2011
November 5, 2011
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
EJF-Aldene School gymMonday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
September 12, 2011
September 13, 2011
September 14, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 20, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 22, 2011
September 26, 2011
September 27, 2011
September 28, 2011
September 29, 2011
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
EJF-Aldene School gymTuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
October 3, 2011
October 4, 2011
October 5, 2011
October 6, 2011
October 11, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 13, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 17, 2011
October 18, 2011
October 19, 2011
October 20, 2011
October 24, 2011
October 25, 2011
October 26, 2011
October 27, 2011
October 28, 2011
November 1, 2011
November 2, 2011
November 3, 2011
November 4, 2011
November 7, 2011
November 9, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 15, 2011
November 16, 2011
November 17, 2011
November 21, 2011
November 22, 2011
November 23, 2011
November 29, 2011
November 30, 2011
December 1, 2011
December 2, 2011
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

*Dates were reported as they were listed in the meeting agenda. No comment was made to determine if specific dates when the school facilities are scheduled to closed would be open for certain dates that were requested by the various organizations.