RE: Basketball/School grounds

[wisco]

I must say I was quite surprised by some of the answers I read in that thread. Is it a common theme that schools do not want people using their facilities, ie there's that much damage or other shenanigans that go on?

In my area, this is completely a non-issue. Hell, even the private schools don't care if people are using their basketball courts or playground equipment outside of school hours. Both our public High School and middle school are located on large hills that bring in sledders by the hundreds during winter.

The only things that I think are "closed" to the public are the football field and track. Our schools have a lot of other real-estate.... soccer fields, tennis courts, cross country trails, baseball diamonds, indoor pool - all open to the public.

I for one would think, being that schools are funded with public money, they should be open to the public. I guess that's not the case everywhere.

[GoDirectly2Jail]

Me and a buddy used to use the high school tennis courts on quite a few Saturdays back in the day.

[retdetsgt]

Me and a buddy used to use the high school tennis courts on quite a few Saturdays back in the day.

In most neighborhoods, it's not a huge problem. I was surprised by some of the answers too. We used to get calls on noise if the kids were playing late at night (after 10 pm), but the schools didn't care up until then. One high school in Portland has an outdoor swimming pool that they are protective of for obvious reasons. But the playground area was okay to use.

Portland has a jillion parks, but few have tennis courts. I think most people use the various schools' courts too, including a lot of adults. Heck, we paid for all of them, why not be able to use them?