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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the University of Maryland pool is closed, Machine cancels. So if they are closed for a federal holiday or a football game, practice is canceled, and if Fairland is not available - there is no practice. Simarily, if the staff are busy with meets for HP, they cancel practice for non-HP teams. They may or may not offer an alternative practice. Moreover, most kids have multiple activities so "bring them on a Sunday morning" when there is church or bring them on different days when they have other expensive pre-paid activities is not always possible. Yes, the snow was a freak event, but the non HP kids were not a priority for them. [b]They have cancelled 20 practices this year.[/b] That's a lot. They could rebate back to parents - they could offer an extra make-up week - they could arrange stroke and turn clinics - they have options. They could also do a better job ahead of time in communication with the college (lots of last minute "it's Spring Break so we are meeting earlier or later or at Fairland." They could also send reminders to parents when they have moved the practice to Fairland. Digging through my email every week to find one email per month with practice updates is frustrating. [/quote]

20 practices? is this real?[/quote]

DP - I have a non-HP (High Performance) kid at UMD with Machine and no, they have not cancelled 20 practices this year.  Especially not during weekdays.  Last year they did offer a make up week and make up practices throughout the year.  The head site coach sent out an email last week laying out all the practice changes for March.  It's not as hard as this person is making it out to be.

Also, all Machine sites are OFF entirely for spring break, so the claim that this person is receiving last minute "it's Spring Break so we are meeting earlier or later at Fairland" is utter BS.  Like, an actual fabrication.  They're not meeting anywhere because they take spring break off entirely from swimming.[/quote]

I think they meant when UMD had spring break, not when K-12 kids do.[/quote]

Correct - they say they do not get timely information from MD on when the school is closed for federal holidays/weather (which means pool is totally closed) or how the schedule may be adjusted when MD is itself on winter or spring break - so they tell parents late. Something in that relationship is not working if you are not able to anticipate and alter practice schedules with adequate notice. No program is perfect, but the weird boosterism on this forum is just not helpful. There are multiple parents here saying that practices are fairly regularly cancelled for whatever reason, and adequate make-ups are not offered. There was one practice where they had a make-up during the day on a Friday in Laurel because some kids were off school - but other kids had school. That is not a substitute for a normally scheduled and cancelled practice. [/quote]

Seriously- you mean when there was unprecedented snow and an option was offered because many schools were out? 
So either way you complain. [/quote]

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