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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's such a waste of instructional time. They should cut it, and it would save a lot of money too.[/quote]

It’s not swimming lessons like freestyle and backstroke. It’s water safety- like floating, treading water, survival stroke, what to do if someone falls in and is hurt or can’t swim. A lot of families don’t have access to a pool or swim lessons and water safety is important. It’s like 2 days in 3rd grade and 5 days in 4th grade. They leave in a bus right after morning meeting and return before lunch. [/quote]

Arlington County has swim lessons and they definitely have scholarship money available for people who can’t afford it.[/quote]

There are a lot of obstacles other than cost to signing up for classes outside of school.  Signed, disabled mom who works full time.

I think water safety is about one of the most important things a school system can teach, and I'm not sure how this could possibly be controversial.[/quote]

Really? I don't. In this area, they are much more at risk from traffic. I'd greatly prefer lessons on traffic safety/pedestrian safety. I routinely see kids put themselves in very dangerous situations and there are traffic accidents that claim the lives of our kids regularly. [b]Where there has not been a drowning death that I know of in decades. [/b][/quote]

I wonder why…[/quote]

Because we don't live on a lake or ocean?

Meanwhile, I can think of two recent tragic deaths from DUI just off the top of my head. [/quote]

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