Support Open Community Use in your district! 

Open community use refers to schools allowing free community access to tracks, fields, courts, playgrounds, or other outdoor recreational facilities before or after school hours.

Benefits of Open Community Use

• Increases access to safe, affordable, and convenient places for physical activity.

• Decreases children’s sedentary behavior.

• Improves family and community engagement with the school.
• Increases safety and decreases vandalism of facilities.

South Carolina School Boards Association

The South Carolina School Boards Association published an open community use model policy in the 2014 Policy and Legislative Update. All school districts and schools in South Carolina are encouraged to adopt and implement the model policy and open schools’ outdoor recreational facilities to the community

Does your district have an open community use policy? 

Verified School Districts with Open Community Use (KFA) Policy: Total = 15 of 73 (21%) 

SCDHEC has provided a step by steep playbook to help establish open community use policies in your district! 

For more information check out the open community use playbook: https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-011555.pdf