Please read this story...sad news
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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.
Here's the most recent update on the Wenatchee World article:
This is copied from the entire article:
Student who died in WHS swimming pool identified
By Dee Riggs
World staff writer
Originally published November 17, 2011 at 2:31 p.m., updated November 17, 2011 at 6:18 p.m.
A 14-year-old student at Wenatchee HIgh School drowned this morning in the school's swimming pool.
Antonio Reyes was found, unresponsive, at 10:53 a.m. at the bottom of the pool, said Sgt. John Kruse with the Wenatchee Police Department. He was taken by ambulance to Central Washington Hospital but could not be revived.
Reyes had been in the pool with classmates in a swimming class that was held between 9:13 and 10: 09 a.m., Kruse said.
"Police investigators interviewed classmates and teachers, and determined Reyes likely drowned while in class, though his classmates and teacher were unaware of this occurring," Kruse said in a press release issued this evening.
Reyes was found about 10:50 a.m. by students in the next scheduled swimming class, Kruse said. He was pulled out of the pool and teachers performed CPR on him until emergency medical services workers arrived and took over.
Foul play is not suspected, Kruse said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday, said Chelan County Coroner Wayne Harris.
After Reyes was pulled from the pool, the high school was put into lockdown mode, which the school describes as normal procedure for urgent situations. The lockdown was lifted about 12:40 pm.
In a press release on the Wenatchee School District website, the district said the incident is currently under investigation by the Wenatchee Police Department in full cooperation with the district.
The district also said community and school counselors worked with students Thursday and will be available Friday.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Reyes family,” says Superintendent Brian Flones. “We are grateful for all the community members who have lent their support.”
The boy wasn't found for nearly an hour after the class was over and another one was coming in. And apparently it happened DURING THE CLASS.
They definitely are way overdue for having a certified lifeguard at the h.s. pool. I'm sure it will be policy now. And hopefully we'll get access again soon.
All the best wishes to the family of the boy...their lives will never be the same. :(
Here's the most recent update on the Wenatchee World article:
This is copied from the entire article:
Student who died in WHS swimming pool identified
By Dee Riggs
World staff writer
Originally published November 17, 2011 at 2:31 p.m., updated November 17, 2011 at 6:18 p.m.
A 14-year-old student at Wenatchee HIgh School drowned this morning in the school's swimming pool.
Antonio Reyes was found, unresponsive, at 10:53 a.m. at the bottom of the pool, said Sgt. John Kruse with the Wenatchee Police Department. He was taken by ambulance to Central Washington Hospital but could not be revived.
Reyes had been in the pool with classmates in a swimming class that was held between 9:13 and 10: 09 a.m., Kruse said.
"Police investigators interviewed classmates and teachers, and determined Reyes likely drowned while in class, though his classmates and teacher were unaware of this occurring," Kruse said in a press release issued this evening.
Reyes was found about 10:50 a.m. by students in the next scheduled swimming class, Kruse said. He was pulled out of the pool and teachers performed CPR on him until emergency medical services workers arrived and took over.
Foul play is not suspected, Kruse said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday, said Chelan County Coroner Wayne Harris.
After Reyes was pulled from the pool, the high school was put into lockdown mode, which the school describes as normal procedure for urgent situations. The lockdown was lifted about 12:40 pm.
In a press release on the Wenatchee School District website, the district said the incident is currently under investigation by the Wenatchee Police Department in full cooperation with the district.
The district also said community and school counselors worked with students Thursday and will be available Friday.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Reyes family,” says Superintendent Brian Flones. “We are grateful for all the community members who have lent their support.”
The boy wasn't found for nearly an hour after the class was over and another one was coming in. And apparently it happened DURING THE CLASS.
They definitely are way overdue for having a certified lifeguard at the h.s. pool. I'm sure it will be policy now. And hopefully we'll get access again soon.
All the best wishes to the family of the boy...their lives will never be the same. :(
