Risks and Benefits of School Use for Nonschool Purposes

Legal Brief

IT’S 5:30 A.M. The pre-dawn sky is deep purple. The streets are quiet. But the high school track is buzzing as a hearty group of school employees, parents and neighbors gather for morning boot camp. They run laps, do pushups and toss around medicine balls while a private fitness instructor chirps instructions.

Is all that coordinated exercise healthy for the school district? What if someone gets hurt? Does the instructor have permission to teach on school grounds?