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Parents Criticize SW High Swimming Pool Rennovations

Pool is district's only one.

Hard to see the action. Brand-new lockers already rusty. Too noisy.

Those are just some of the complaints parents are leveling at the newly rebuilt Southwest High School swimming pool, according to a new report in the Southwest Journal

“What’s our return on investment?” one parent told the Journal, shouting as she struggled to be heard over the noise of a Sept. swim meet.

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The pool's redesign was shoehorned into the old pool space, the Journal says, necessitating several design compromises. On top of that, the facility has become a near-daily stop for the school district's maintainence staff, with a dehumidifyer breaking down repeatedly.


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