The community I live in has 2 High School pools that are closed about 90 percent of the time do to the differences of opinion between the 2 "Pool Directors". There are no public swim times and our Masters Team has not been able to get pool time in over a month. It is really frustrating. Being new to the community I don't really want to make waves but the whole thing just makes me so frustrated. Writing this has actually helped a little.
Has anyone else encountered such an issue? Please share...
Work with the Pool Director, work with the principal, work with the school board. Find out what specifically are the issues with expanding pool usage and hours, then address solutions to the issues. Why are there no public swimming hours? Put together a business plan that demonstrates the value to the school and school system in allowing your masters team to use the facility (revenue, civic involvement,…) and include solutions to the usage issues.
And while most likely the pools were built with tax payer funds, so were the classrooms, the gym and the cafeteria. Just because there are our tax dollars at work, unfortunately doesn’t give us the right of access.
Get your LMSC leaders involved. And if necessary have them get the national leaders involved.
Work with the Pool Director, work with the principal, work with the school board. Find out what specifically are the issues with expanding pool usage and hours, then address solutions to the issues. Why are there no public swimming hours? Put together a business plan that demonstrates the value to the school and school system in allowing your masters team to use the facility (revenue, civic involvement,…) and include solutions to the usage issues.
And while most likely the pools were built with tax payer funds, so were the classrooms, the gym and the cafeteria. Just because there are our tax dollars at work, unfortunately doesn’t give us the right of access.
Get your LMSC leaders involved. And if necessary have them get the national leaders involved.
