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Community Use of School Facilities <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> All 14 campuses of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, including the <br /> administrative grounds and gym at.Lincoln Center, are available for community use and <br /> are used by agencies, groups, organizations, businesses and individuals in the <br /> community, region, state and nation. In fact, many of the large community events in <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro are conducted at school facilities. Examples of large and well- <br /> known events are the annual Fiesta del Pueblo, which began at Lincoln Center and has <br /> moved to Chapel Hill High School, the Walk For Education which concludes at Lincoln <br /> Center, the annual Greek Orthodox Festival, and a range of meetings,services, games <br /> and programs for youth. <br /> Six of the school facilities are a part of joint use agreements with the town of <br /> Chapel Hill (5) or the town of Carrboro (1). The joint use agreements generally provide <br /> for improved facilities on school property that are used by the schools during the day and <br /> by the parks and recreation departments in the evenings, weekends and other days when <br /> school is not in session. Smith Middle School is also a part of a joint use agreement but is <br /> not included in this report of use during 2000-01. <br /> Conservative estimates of the use includes the following: <br /> • 155 different groups,organizations, churches, and agencies used CHCCS <br /> (See the following pages for a list of the types of groups which used school <br /> facilities.) <br /> • 651 types of events were held in school facilities. These included recreational <br /> and sports activities, community meetings by other agencies and nonprofits, UNC <br /> classes, community sports events, major regional festivals,church services, Scout <br /> meetings, cultural arts events and homeowner meetings. <br /> • 112,800 individuals participated in these events. <br /> The facilities most in demand by the community are outdoor fields and <br /> gymnasiums and auditoriums. Elementary gyms are not constructed for adult <br /> participation so few adult groups wish to use elementary gyms;however,the gyms at the <br /> secondary level are in high demand. Some requests are denied because the facilities are <br /> already committed to a school team or another group. Gym use is particularly high in the <br /> fall and winter seasons. <br /> 40 B <br />