Please read this story...sad news
www.wenatcheeworld.com/.../
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Very very sad story and circumstance that happened today at the high school pool. :( I really feel sorry for the parents of this person, and I'm sure a lawsuit of some kind will be coming. I'm just glad I wasn't one of the teachers who was supposed to be "watching" the class.
I swim with my masters group every morning in this pool, and for the remainder of the month, ALL groups are out of the pool. Apparently the high school P.E. classes that use the pool for their swimming portion of the year, do so with the regular P.E. teachers supervising. Not a trained lifeguard, water instructor, etc. type of person. Just a regular old teacher.
I just talked with my masters coach, and she got the call from the school that said we are out, along with the swim team is out, and every user group out till the end of the month while they "do an investigation".
Basically what is going to be happening, is that they are going to require having a paid lifeguard on deck while all groups are using the pool. Not a problem for us to pay for that in the morning for masters, but kinda sucks that we're out till December. Hopefully we'll be able to return then, if not sooner!
I will still be able to swim in the afternoons at the YMCA pool, but I do enjoy my mornings.
From the story:
So the student sneaked into the pool and drowned? Very strange and it seems likely no one will ever know what really happened.
Requiring lifeguards on deck during scheduled pool programs doesn't seem to be addressing what happened. How about ensuring the pool doors are locked when the pool is not in use instead?
At the high school pool the doors from outside and both lockerrooms are locked, there's actually no way to leave them unlocked either. You have to prop them open. If they are latched, they lock (both ways in and out). Occasionally when we get there in the mornings, one of the lockerroom doors is left open, or not 100% latched as well. A no-no for sure.
They are in the middle of high school P.E. swimming classses at the high school this time of year, so I'm sure the lockerroom doors are left open from the change of class to class. So if a student arrives early and gets out there before anyone else, gets in the pool and gets in trouble...this is what could happen.
They will definitely have something come about at the pool with more safety regulations.
From the story:
So the student sneaked into the pool and drowned? Very strange and it seems likely no one will ever know what really happened.
Requiring lifeguards on deck during scheduled pool programs doesn't seem to be addressing what happened. How about ensuring the pool doors are locked when the pool is not in use instead?
At the high school pool the doors from outside and both lockerrooms are locked, there's actually no way to leave them unlocked either. You have to prop them open. If they are latched, they lock (both ways in and out). Occasionally when we get there in the mornings, one of the lockerroom doors is left open, or not 100% latched as well. A no-no for sure.
They are in the middle of high school P.E. swimming classses at the high school this time of year, so I'm sure the lockerroom doors are left open from the change of class to class. So if a student arrives early and gets out there before anyone else, gets in the pool and gets in trouble...this is what could happen.
They will definitely have something come about at the pool with more safety regulations.
