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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we shut cut the APS aquatics program. [/quote]

Doesn't this make money for APS?[/quote]

I think they mean the 3rd and 8th grade units where they bus kids to the pool. [/quote]

I doubt that program will ever end since a large number of Arlington students don’t know how to swim. Even junior high age kids.

This swimming competency initiative goes back some 50 plus years and has a ton of support, kind of like the planetarium which almost got the axe. [/quote]
I'd love if they dropped the field trips to the pool and instead just offered APS kids in certain grades free access to public swim times at APS pools.  It would cost APS very little, but would improve access and encourage kids to go routinely to actually learn to swim.[/quote]

The problem is how to do that equitably for students from various backgrounds. Not all families have the time, resources, ore desire to go swimming on their own. Their kids will miss out. [/quote]
Doing it equitably is easy.  All third graders have access for free.  Send out information on swim times via the APS app several times during the year. Done.

You cant force kids to learn to swim.  You can't force parents to introduce their kids to swimming. And the current field trips are disruptive and don't actually teach any kids to swim.  It has to be up to kids and families.  All you can do is improve access.[/quote]

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