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    Why schools won't release the fields

    Our latest BoE meeting laid out in a pretty straightforward manner why we won't be getting access to school facilities any time soon.

    The guidelines coming out of NY State are rather extensive, requiring temperature taking, contact tracing, mandatory PPE and much more. The schools don't have the budget to assign someone on their end to make sure that the clubs are following all the rules on this and they don't trust the clubs to do it on their own without such supervision. And as a result they see loaning out fields as a legal liability that they cannot risk having.

    I'm not saying that I agree with them on the legal liability, but a lot of school districts are going to take this position.

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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Our latest BoE meeting laid out in a pretty straightforward manner why we won't be getting access to school facilities any time soon.

    The guidelines coming out of NY State are rather extensive, requiring temperature taking, contact tracing, mandatory PPE and much more. The schools don't have the budget to assign someone on their end to make sure that the clubs are following all the rules on this and they don't trust the clubs to do it on their own without such supervision. And as a result they see loaning out fields as a legal liability that they cannot risk having.

    I'm not saying that I agree with them on the legal liability, but a lot of school districts are going to take this position.
    Would that be for town teams that use the town school fields for games and practice? Or is it for non town teams that use University fields like Hofstra University?

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Would that be for town teams that use the town school fields for games and practice? Or is it for non town teams that use University fields like Hofstra University?
      I'm talking about k-12 school districts. I have no idea what colleges are thinking.

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        Why schools won't release the fields

        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Our latest BoE meeting laid out in a pretty straightforward manner why we won't be getting access to school facilities any time soon.

        The guidelines coming out of NY State are rather extensive, requiring temperature taking, contact tracing, mandatory PPE and much more. The schools don't have the budget to assign someone on their end to make sure that the clubs are following all the rules on this and they don't trust the clubs to do it on their own without such supervision. And as a result they see loaning out fields as a legal liability that they cannot risk having.

        I'm not saying that I agree with them on the legal liability, but a lot of school districts are going to take this position.
        that is stupid. The schools already have hold harmless agreements with the clubs, no?

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          that is stupid. The schools already have hold harmless agreements with the clubs, no?
          If the school is seen as not making sure that the clubs using their fields are following NY State mandatory guidelines, the districts see this as a potential liability for themselves.

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            #6
            Nassau County is booking their fields. If their lawyers are able to indemnify, I can't see why school districts couldn't follow suit.

            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            If the school is seen as not making sure that the clubs using their fields are following NY State mandatory guidelines, the districts see this as a potential liability for themselves.

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              #7
              Our club uses school fields and we have been told we have to wait as they won't guarantee we can use them.

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                Why schools won't release the fields

                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Our club uses school fields and we have been told we have to wait as they won't guarantee we can use them.
                the club president should be looking at other options like county and/or state parks to secure fields for training. If your president is not doing this, he/she is worthless.

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