A couple points:
1. The thread is about inner city kids. Major cities have pools. They wouldn't need to bus kids 20 miles. Kids living in rural areas would present more of a challenge, yes.
2. It doesn't take that long to teach someone to swim. Maybe this would be a program that, for example, all 3rd graders do one hour a week for a few weeks. In the overall scheme of someone's school career, that's not a lot of time.
I don't think creating a program like this would be easy. You've got to get the kids there and back, even if the pool is close. You have to secure the pool time which we know isn't always readily available. I just think the benefit would be huge.
A couple points:
1. The thread is about inner city kids. Major cities have pools. They wouldn't need to bus kids 20 miles. Kids living in rural areas would present more of a challenge, yes.
2. It doesn't take that long to teach someone to swim. Maybe this would be a program that, for example, all 3rd graders do one hour a week for a few weeks. In the overall scheme of someone's school career, that's not a lot of time.
I don't think creating a program like this would be easy. You've got to get the kids there and back, even if the pool is close. You have to secure the pool time which we know isn't always readily available. I just think the benefit would be huge.
