Letter from CUPF Director: ICB Information
The ICB oversees
the county government’s Office of Community Use of Public Facilities.
Request Window July 15-August 1: Each year, organizations can place
requests for use of public facilities for during September 1 through March
31.
Special PTA Priority Window July
15-August 15: PTAs have
until August 15th to get their requests in to the Board. All of their requests that arrive by the
August 15th deadline are granted automatically.
Fees for Weekend Use of Schools: Currently, the fee for using a school
on the weekend is the hourly pay of the school worker who must be present while
the school is open. The current rate is
$25.50/hr. Everyone pays a startup fee
equivalent to 30 minutes of the school worker’s time, currently $12 (15 minutes
to open before the group arrives; 15 minutes to close up at the end).
When PTA Events are Free: Some PTA activities are viewed as school
functions since they are so closely related to the educational function of the
K-12 academic program. These activities
are treated differently and held without cost to the PTA. One example of this is monthly PTA
meetings. These activities are booked by
the schools themselves.
Other PTA
activities are more similar to community activities—PTA fairs, carnivals, socials,
etc.—and are expected to contribute to the ICB’s reimbursement to MCPS for
staff coverage, supplies, utility costs, and wear and tear on the schools. These activities are scheduled by Community
Use of Public Facilities for all elementary and middle schools and three pilot
high schools.