Apply for Facility Usage

Any individual, group, school or non-school organization that would like to use any of the school facilities or equipment must do so by completing the Application for Use of School Facilities.  There are two options for completing the application, online and paper.

Instructions

Determine first what District building your group would like to use. The District Map is a good starting point to determine where all buildings are located.

Submit the application online or in-person.  If you choose to submit a paper application, it must be submitted to the school principal/designee or to the designated person for a non-school District building. Submitting of the Application for Use of School Facilities constitutes a guarantee to the Board of Education that the group will be responsible for the use of facilities as outlined in Regulation 1420, on the Application for Use of District Facilities and the General Guidelines for Facility Usage.

Provide a certificate of insurance. The District requires a certificate of general liability insurance for all groups using District property. The general liability insurance must be not less than one million ($1,000,000) per occurrence with a two million ($2,000,000) aggregate total naming Rockwood School District the additional insured.  Proof of insurance must be provided at least 10 business days prior to the scheduled use and maintained throughout the use. In the event acceptable proof of insurance cannot be provided by the user, the District can help you arrange for the procurement of special event insurance. Questions can be directed to the Facility Usage office via e-mail facilityusage@rsdmo.org or phone at 636-733-2167.

The building principal or their designee will review and provide initial approval of facility use.  The application is then forwarded to the Facility Usage office for final review and approval.  In no case shall verbal commitments for facilities use be considered in any way binding upon the District.  Application is not approved until you have received confirmation from the Facility Usage office. Upon final approval, the application will serve as the permit and must be made available for review upon request by District staff during facility use. Groups failing to produce this permit will be asked to leave the premises immediately.

Approval of facility usage will be based on several criteria, including, but not limited to:

• Eligibility of the individual or group to use school facilities
• How the building use fits in with or impacts scheduled school activities at the site or previously approved building use activities
• Whether custodial or other staff help will be needed and, if so, if it is available
• If a District employee is available to operate specialized equipment requests
• District administered activities shall always have priority over non-district administered activities.  Individuals may not apply to utilize school facilities for private, personal or family activities, such as wedding receptions, family reunions or birthday parties.

Applications for facility usage are accepted on the following schedules:

• One-time, short-term (typically requesting less than five days of use) and year-long requests: Applications will be accepted beginning the first business day of May each year and up to ten business days prior to the activity date.
• Ongoing requests typically requesting more than five days of use:
  • Fall/Winter activities (start of school year thru spring break) - Applications will be accepted beginning the first business day of May each year. Please note that depending on the location requested, Fall/Winter applications for gym use may not be approved until all district activities have been scheduled, which typically occurs the first week of November.
  • Spring/Summer activities (after spring break thru end of summer break) - Applications will be accepted beginning the first business day of November. Please note that depending on the location requested, Spring/Summer applications for field use may not be approved until all district activities have been scheduled, which typically occurs mid-March.

Use of school facilities is limited to the facilities requested by user at time of application and may not be modified without previous approval by the District. No portion of the public school facility may be used by any group after 12:00 o'clock at night without prior approval of the Superintendent/designee.  Use of the facilities must be kept within the hours specified on the approved application.