LAUSD wants you to pay to play
Beginning in March, local youth groups such as the Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Club and others will pony up a fee to use LAUSD fields, gyms and playgrounds, Superintenedent David Brewer announced Friday.
Here's the passage from Naush Boghossian's story that explains the what and how...
Brewer will institute a three-tiered fee structure to offset annual facilities costs of $3.8 million. Groups will either be charged $10 an hour for use of facilities or $25.50 an hour — in addition to a $5 daily charge and a $77.10 permit valid for four months.To determine which fee category applies to different groups, the school district is developing a questionnaire to assess whether groups are within the district’s boundaries and serve its students.
LAUSD is one of the few school districts that doesn’t charge for use of its facilities, which it says costs the district about $3.8 million a year for utilities, maintenance and other costs.