The NSSD will consider facilities use eligibility upon the following criteria:

• School need for special events
• Community need for special events
• Date of COMPLETED application
• Season of the sport or activity

Eligibility –User Groups

• The Superintendent of Schools and/or designee is hereby authorized to permit the use of NSPS facilities under the condition that the use of public school facilities for school-related purposes will take precedence over all outside use.
• The NSSD will endeavor to permit use of facilities on an equitable basis and accommodate the needs of applicants wherever possible.
• The use of school facilities will not interfere with the normal operation of school even when such activities are scheduled after building use has been approved.
• The School Committee and Superintendent retain the right to deny the use of school facilities to any group if it deems the use is detrimental to the interest of the community or interferes with the operation of the schools.

The following groups are eligible for the use of school facilities:

GROUP I - Internal School Programs

 School-organized programs that involve co-curricular or extra-curricular activities that are supervised and/or coordinated by school department employee(s) and sanctioned by the school department.  [ie., Student Council / Athletic Teams / Sanctioned Clubs, etc.]
 
GROUP II - School Based Organizations

Volunteer groups tied to the NSSD that support school-based programs and that are sanctioned and recognized by the Superintendent as such.  [ie., PTO / MEANS / Athletic Booster Clubs, etc.]
 
GROUP III - Non–Profit Organizations

Local municipal Parks & Recreation programs as well as all volunteer, non-profit organization groups. 75% of participants of this category must be Town residents.  [ie., Camp Phoenix, etc.]
 
GROUP IV  - Non–Profit and For-Profit Organizations

Non profit organizations facilitated by compensated directors. All for-profit groups.
 

School Year “Building Hours”

“Building Hours” are 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and are school year hours, excluding weekends, holidays, and vacations and are subject to change.

Availability

School facilities are not available for non-school use on all Federal and Rhode Island holidays.  The Superintendent or designee may waive the facility availability on a holiday listed above, if he/she deems the request to be an extraordinary event and custodial coverage can be obtained.

Summer rental requests are rarely granted so that all schools can be cleaned and repairs made for fall use.