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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team’s evening practices start at 6:00. For many years those were the only practices my kids went to after camp. Now they are old enough to ride bikes to am practice. We have 200 kids in the team.

It is very unfortunate that other pools can’t/wont allow this. So many members of our team have 2 working parents so it’s very necessary for many families. I’ve always appreciated the effort made to be inclusive. [/quote]

using the language of inclusivity surrounding swim practice times gets under my skin.  An inclusive team is one that makes it possible for children with learning differences, or physical differences to participate- e.g. immutable characteristics.  An inclusive team is one that offers a range of volunteering options for parents so if you have young children you don't necessarily have to time etc.   But practice times?  No- all families have choices in how they structure their childcare, you choose to structure childcare to be solely inflexible camps- that's fine- but you don't get to claim that swim team is not inclusive of you.  You have chosen to value camp more highly than swim team.  Your choice- but the rest of us don't have to rearrange the schedules to suit your preferences.  I'm all about inclusivity- I'm not about catering to everyone's preferences.
And I say this as a two parent working family- who chooses to prioritize swim team and structures summer childcare to support swim team.  [/quote]

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