Support Open Community Use in your district! 

Open community use refers to schools allowing free community access to tracks, fields, courts, playgrounds, or other outdoor recreational facilities before or after school hours.

Benefits of Open Community Use

• Increases access to safe, affordable, and convenient places for physical activity.

• Decreases children’s sedentary behavior.

• Improves family and community engagement with the school.
• Increases safety and decreases vandalism of facilities
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South Carolina School Boards Association

The South Carolina School Boards Association published an open community use model policy in the 2014 Policy and Legislative Update. All school districts and schools in South Carolina are encouraged to adopt and implement the model policy and open schools’ outdoor recreational facilities to the community

Does your district have an open community use policy? 

Verified School Districts with Open Community Use (KFA) Policy: Total = 15 of 73 (21%) 

 

Upstate Region (5 Districts)  

County  

1  

Anderson School District 03  

Anderson  

2  

Cherokee School District  

Cherokee  

3  

Greenwood School District 52  

Greenwood  

4  

McCormick School District  

McCormick  

5  

Oconee School District 01   

Oconee  

 

Midlands Region (3 Districts)  

County   

1  

Kershaw School District  

Kershaw  

2  

Lexington School District 04   

Lexington  

3  

Richland School District 02  

Richland  

 

Pee Dee Region (6 Districts)  

County   

1  

Dillon School District 03  

Dillon  

2  

Dillon School District 04  

Dillon   

3  

Florence School District 01  

Florence  

4  

Florence School District 02  

Florence  

5  

Sumter County School District  

Sumter  

6  

Lee County School District  

Lee  

 

Lowcountry Region (1 District)  

County  

1  

Colleton School District 01  

Colleton  


SCDHEC has provided a step by steep playbook to help establish open community use policies in your district! 

For more information check out the open community use playbook: https://scdhec.gov/sites/default/files/Library/CR-011555.pdf


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