A Shared Understanding and Policy Recommendations for the Community Use of Schools
Vincent, Filardo, Klein, and McKoy, 2010
SFUSD has a unique opportunity to both fully utilize one of its greatest assets – the facilities and grounds – while simultaneously helping to realize the goals of the district’s strategic plan and coordinate with city agencies, other public entities, and community organizations that provide programs/services to children and families. The Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF) and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) commissioned UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities & Schools (CC&S) to inform their ongoing joint efforts to improve policy and procedures relating to community use of SFUSD school facilities. This report presents research findings and policy recommendations from a yearlong investigation to establish a more effective “joint use” strategy in SFUSD. Additionally, CC&S has an ongoing collaboration with 21st Century School Fund (21CSF) in Washington, DC and its national BEST collaborative, to provide resources and tools to support community use of schools; 21CSF/BEST contributed greatly to this project.
