Moving to a new neighborhood with a long pool waitlist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he is swimming year round why not do club in the summer?

Huh? All the clubs take a break over summer

[Anonymous]

I would assume this is an Arlington pool?

I would call. Our pool has a 2-3 year waitlist but not for preferred zip codes. They tend to get in immediately (and with the moving in and out, and older families leaving and new young families moving in) keep the waitlist very long if you are just outside the areas.

A lot of neighborhoods are like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he is swimming year round why not do club in the summer?

Huh? All the clubs take a break over summer

No, the bigger clubs/serious swimmers actually swim through the end of July and take off the month of August.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Getting a membership preference for your 9yo? Unless they're a phenom - no.

Even if they are a phenom. This is a summer community pool we are talking about, not the US Olympic team.

[Anonymous]

Not sure which league you're in, OP (MCSL, NVSL, PMSL, and I know there are others).

Some PPs have excellent suggestions. I didn't know membership could convey with a home purchase.

In your shoes, if there's no other way, I'd get on the waitlist for the pool I preferred and then find another pool to join in the meantime. You might like the other pool so much that you decline a spot once it's offered. That's happened to us and to others we know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he is swimming year round why not do club in the summer?

Huh? All the clubs take a break over summer

Only August. Long Course Season is during the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he is swimming year round why not do club in the summer?

Huh? All the clubs take a break over summer

Generally, when kids hit 9-10 advanced training groups, they have club practice/meets through July.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a 5 year waitlist and there are definitely people who think they can skip for having a good swimmer. Sorry, nope. Not how it works.

Found the social climber with a slow and crappy swimmer.

Nope, just a board member tired of these obnoxious requests. But nice try.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a 5 year waitlist and there are definitely people who think they can skip for having a good swimmer. Sorry, nope. Not how it works.

Found the social climber with a slow and crappy swimmer.

Says the person who doesn't understand summer swim.

My kids are little so no, I don’t understand summer swim. I can learn. You are too old to learn how to not be rude.

Do you really not think YOUR comment was rude??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omg - why would you get to skip the line?

Just put your name on the list as soon as possible. It may go faster than normal.

Our pool waitlist was 10 years last I heard. But I think we allow people to have a limited membership if they join the swim team.

You must not be NVSL, bc this isn't allowed.

[Anonymous]

Giving up our pool and not being able to get into a new one is also one consideration as to why we're not moving. Our kids aren't even on the swim team but its a huge part of our social life in the summer and our kids are to old to spend 5 years on a wait list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting a membership preference for your 9yo? Unless they're a phenom - no.

Even if they are a phenom. This is a summer community pool we are talking about, not the US Olympic team.

lol And even if we were talking about the Olympic team, Katie Lefecki was famously denied membership at her local pool because she was too low on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting a membership preference for your 9yo? Unless they're a phenom - no.

Even if they are a phenom. This is a summer community pool we are talking about, not the US Olympic team.

lol And even if we were talking about the Olympic team, Katie Lefecki was famously denied membership at her local pool because she was too low on the waitlist.

Posting the link just for fun!

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/katie-ledecky-local-pool#:~:text=Apparently%2C%20the%20Little%20Falls%20Swimming,but%20administrators%20aren't%20budging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg - why would you get to skip the line?

Just put your name on the list as soon as possible. It may go faster than normal.

Our pool waitlist was 10 years last I heard. But I think we allow people to have a limited membership if they join the swim team.

This is against NVSL rules, not sure about other summer leagues.

OP, get on the waitlist. Find out if there are other options under that pool's bylaws such as buying a house with a membership that conveys, or direct sale from an existing member.

[Anonymous]

OP - if you mention the area, people may have more suggestions. We have a number of swimmers/families at our pool who are there because they didn’t want to wait for waitlist to clear. Our pool is about 5-10 min drive from the ones with the huge waitlist.