Applications
are being accepted for community members and groups interested in
reserving a school district facility for meetings or other approved uses
during the 2014-15 school year.
This
is the second year of a more efficient facilities use reservation
process. All requests are directed to the school district’s Facilities
department, which maintains a master calendar listing the availability
of each school or other facility districtwide.
The
Facilities department completes the reservation process from start to
finish, including processing facility use payments. District-sponsored
activities retain first priority in the use of all school facilities.
To
learn more about reserving school facilities, visit the school district
website or contact Facilities Use Specialist Bryson Bickler at (253)
841-8772 or bicklBJ@puyallup.k12.wa.us. Facility use reservations can be
made via email, phone, or in person at the Facilities department, 323
12th St. N.W. in Puyallup.
The
2014-15 fee schedule is posted on the district website. It reflects
increased use fees in some areas and decreases in others, with about a 4
percent cost increase overall from the 2013-14 school year.
This
is the first time in two years that the district has increased the
fees, and a survey of surrounding school districts shows Puyallup
remains competitive with its facility use fees, Bickler said.
Use
of facilities by community groups was up more than 8 percent last year,
with 20,107 event dates scheduled throughout the school district. More
than 80 percent of those event dates involved youth sports, with a
majority in the nonprofit sector.
Other facility uses range from adult nonprofit groups to scouting organizations