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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, in the past Scouts were exempted because of their non-profit status. FCPS recently issued a new policy mandating all groups, including non-profits pay.[/quote]

Message to Scouts, no more freeloading on the backs of taxpayers.[/quote]

Wow, I bet you're loads of laughs at parties.

Given the school at which my Troop met is in our neighborhood and thus we are the taxpayers funding that building that sits in our neighborhood, I don't really see how that is "freeloading."

And to the other point about the janitors being there to open the doors. Guess what? They're there whether we use the place or not. If you'd like to charge us a fraction of their hourly wage for not locking the door then, ok, I guess.
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Yeah, that's not how taxes work. You are equally funding every school in the country, just like every taxpayer in the county is funding your neighborhood school, there's no allocation or earmarking, in other words the fact that your Troop meets at a school that is "in your neighborhood" is both logical and irrelevant to the discussion.

The freeloading aspect is that they used to get a special exemption and didn't have to pay, unlike the many other groups that use school facilities for whatever purpose (and almost all groups are likewise doing something positive, building character through sports or arts or whatever else, etc... pretty sure there aren't any groups paying to use school facilities that are then going out and doing something negative in the community.

I'm not sure what normal staff/security hours are, but regardless of time of day there still is some nominal cost involved in wear and tear on the facility, increased utilities usage, admin overhead to manage the rental schedule, and so on... it's never zero, even if it should be reasonably "low". And should be on par with what other groups are using to use the same space.[/quote]

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