Establishing Community Schools

I was reading an article in the A.F.T. American Educator, and Joe Wilmer was discussing the topic, establishing community schools. Joe said that he "believe that schools should be used as much as possible by people in the community." Joe Wilmer would like it if schools did not close when the last student leaves. Joe stated that he felt the facilities and some programs should be available to the community at large for usage of the gym and for the usage of community meetings. What do you think?