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Schools should be used as a place to come together, volunteer, build skills, access community programs, become physically active and build strong and healthy communities.

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What is Community Use of Schools?

school Avon Maitland District School Board endorse and encourage groups to come together to become physically active, and to build strong and healthy communities within our school facilities.

Community Use of Schools is a Ministry of Education initiative, which supports access to schools during non school hours. To support affordable community access to school facilities the Ministry of Education provides school boards with an annual Community Use of Schools Grant, which boards use to subsidize rental rates for non-profit organizations.

For information on the CUS initiative, please refer to AP 550 Use of Facilities, which includes classification of usage and schedules of fees.

In addition to accepting the terms and conditions detailed in AP 550 Use of Facilities, all users must also acknowledge, review and understand AP 319 Concussion Protocol.

If you are interested in how to submit a permit to rent school space the video in User Guide on this website is an excellent starting point, or contact us for instructions.

Permits for School Year 2017 - 2018

IMPORTANT!

Permits for next school year will not be processed until after August 18, 2017.Permits for the next school year (starting after September 5th, 2017) will not be processed until August 18, 2017.

Schools take first priority and will be asked to enter as many of their internal permits as possible into the system prior to July 7th, 2017. On July 10th our Reciprocal Groups will be allowed to enter their permits for the year and will have until the end of July to do so. On August 20th, all other individuals/organizations can start to enter their permits. However, please remember that Secondary & Elementary School Principals are not back into their schools until August 21st and 28th respectively, so your permits may sit for up to a week or more before they are approved.

Weather Cancellations

All use of school bookings shall be cancelled when schools are closed due to inclement weather or any other causes beyond the control of Avon Maitland District School Board. If a school is closed during the day, it will not be open for permits that evening.

You will be advised electronically of the permit cancellation. If the schools are open during the day but the weather is questionable, please notify the CUS Rentals Department if you are planning to cancel your rental as soon as possible.

If you need to cancel a weekend permit due to weather, the same procedure will apply, please notify the CUS Rentals Department as soon as possible.

Contact Us

For information on how to rent a school facility please contact:
Email: info@useourschools.ca
Connie Alcock
Community Use Of Schools Associate
(519) 527-0111 ext. 240
OR
Laurel Mitchell
Facilities Officer
(519) 527-0111 ext. 205

Rates and Classification

Administrative Procedures 550 Use of Facilities

Please refer to Appendix A of the above Administrative Procedure 550 – to see what “Group” your organization is classified in; and Appendix B for the schedule of fees.

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