I swim at Temescal frequently, and I love seeing Tech students there, knowing that many kids who would not otherwise learn to swim are doing so in high school.

I swam at the pool for pE while at Tech, taught swimming there during summers and attended Y clubs at the Rec Center the whole time I was at Tech. I have been a Commissioner on Healdsburg's Parks and Rec Commission for 16 years with a very supportive agreement between schools and pool. I encourage you to keep up the practice of sharing resources!

Please let Oakland Tech PE students continue to use the Temescal Pool! It's one of the worthiest uses of this Oakland public pool -- helping kids from all over the city learn to swim and stay healthy. I'm glad my taxes are used to pay for this great service. And my child goes to Oakland Tech, too.

My son really enjoyed having his PE classes there. Please allow future students to use the pool. Swimming is not just enjoyable -- knowing how to swim is an important life-saving skill and for those without access this is a true equity issue.

It is so important for all kids to learn how to swim. For many kids, high school is where it happens. Please restore access for Tech students and teachers to use the pool at Temescal. Since the agreement has worked for so long, we should not "fix" something that isn't broken.

According to USA Swimming's Research corner, 70% of African-American and 60% of Hispanic/Latino children cannot swim. Please restore swimming to OTech - it's a health and safety issue.

Hi Bill. To fully list all the hours that the pool is available to various groups would have made this a very confusing petition. Yes, Oakland Tech PE classes do have some access to the pool. This petition very clearly states that we are asking for *greater* access. The PE classes do not use the entire pool when they are there, only two lanes. The rest of the pool is still available to the other groups you mention, even when the PE classes are there. Laird Harrison

This petition is misleading. It does not clearly identify that Oakland Tech students already have regularly scheduled access to the Temescal Pool and that the author of the petition wants that access expanded which would come at the expense of turning away Oakland swimmers who currently use the pool during those hours, many of these swimmers are disabled, elderly, or unable to exercise in any other way. The replies to this petition like "Please make the pool available to Oakland Tech students" give me a strong impression that those signing it are not fully informed of the details of the situation and I think that the ambiguous language of this petition is the cause of that.