The school board confirmed the funding partnership today. We are now finalizing the legal agreement with city officials to ensure the pool construction begins on schedule.
June 13, 2016
Final supporters
For my support of the 2016 bond election, I petition Poudre School District (PSD) to budget $8.5 million out of November's ~$350 million bond to be used in partnership with the City of Fort Collins for the construction of an indoor 8-lane 25 yard competitive-class pool to be built as part of the Fort Collins Southeast Recreational Center.
The growth of Fort Collins and PSD and the sport of swimming has taken our current aquatic facilities beyond their capacity. The addition of two new comprehensive schools will exacerbate this problem. PSD has a unique opportunity at this time to contribute to the construction of a new recreation center already approved by Fort Collins voters and help to create a solution to the shortage of pools in Fort Collins.
This petition is not asking PSD to build, maintain and operate a pool. The City of Fort Collins has stated that they will operate and maintain a new aquatic facility if the funds to build the facility are raised by the community. This petition is asking PSD to form a partnership with the City of Fort Collins and make a one time contribution to the future of aquatics in both PSD schools and the community as a whole.
[This petition is intended for those who live within the Poudre School District boundaries.]
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 15, 2016
March 6, 2016
We have reached one hundred signatures which provides the threshold needed to formally request a meeting with the district board. I am currently drafting a letter to the superintendent detailing the partnership proposal with the city. I will update you once a time for the budget hearing is set.
Reached 100 supporters
March 3, 2016
269 Comments
The high school swimmers in Fort Collins are constantly racing between practice and school early in the morning, trying not to be tardy to their first class, which is nerve racking and unsafe. Fort Collins needs another pool.
This is so unbelievably necessary. Not just for high school students, but also for the community. Because of high school and clubs taking over the lanes at epic and mulberry the community has no lanes to swim during supposed "open swim" hours
Used to live and swim in Fort Collins. It was crowded. Kids would have to alternate waking at 430AM in order to get practice time. Many kids left and went to Loveland to swim. Mulberry is the worst pool of all time - totally unusable for competition swimmers.
As a former director of the Vortex Swim Club, I can attest that the city was desperately in need of more lanes 10 years ago. This would be a great addition to the city and a competition calibre facility would bring more scholastic as well as State-level events to the city.
I can't imagine having two additional high schools sharing the two existing pools in Fort Collins. in our surrounding cities middle schools have swim teams. An additional pool could possible allow PSD to introduce this life time sport to our middle school students!
Fossil ridge boys swimming alumni
Go CSU!!!
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The school board confirmed the funding partnership today. We are now finalizing the legal agreement with city officials to ensure the pool construction begins on schedule.
June 13, 2016
Final supporters
For my support of the 2016 bond election, I petition Poudre School District (PSD) to budget $8.5 million out of November's ~$350 million bond to be used in partnership with the City of Fort Collins for the construction of an indoor 8-lane 25 yard competitive-class pool to be built as part of the Fort Collins Southeast Recreational Center.
The growth of Fort Collins and PSD and the sport of swimming has taken our current aquatic facilities beyond their capacity. The addition of two new comprehensive schools will exacerbate this problem. PSD has a unique opportunity at this time to contribute to the construction of a new recreation center already approved by Fort Collins voters and help to create a solution to the shortage of pools in Fort Collins.
This petition is not asking PSD to build, maintain and operate a pool. The City of Fort Collins has stated that they will operate and maintain a new aquatic facility if the funds to build the facility are raised by the community. This petition is asking PSD to form a partnership with the City of Fort Collins and make a one time contribution to the future of aquatics in both PSD schools and the community as a whole.
[This petition is intended for those who live within the Poudre School District boundaries.]
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 15, 2016
March 6, 2016
We have reached one hundred signatures which provides the threshold needed to formally request a meeting with the district board. I am currently drafting a letter to the superintendent detailing the partnership proposal with the city. I will update you once a time for the budget hearing is set.
Reached 100 supporters
March 3, 2016
269 Comments
Swimming in high school saved me from getting in A LOT of trouble. My kids love to swim and are so excited to compete in high school. Loveland has a pool in each high school and it would be nice for our kids here in Fort Collins to have more opportunity!
The high school swimmers in Fort Collins are constantly racing between practice and school early in the morning, trying not to be tardy to their first class, which is nerve racking and unsafe. Fort Collins needs another pool.
This is so unbelievably necessary. Not just for high school students, but also for the community. Because of high school and clubs taking over the lanes at epic and mulberry the community has no lanes to swim during supposed "open swim" hours
Used to live and swim in Fort Collins. It was crowded. Kids would have to alternate waking at 430AM in order to get practice time. Many kids left and went to Loveland to swim. Mulberry is the worst pool of all time - totally unusable for competition swimmers.
As a former director of the Vortex Swim Club, I can attest that the city was desperately in need of more lanes 10 years ago. This would be a great addition to the city and a competition calibre facility would bring more scholastic as well as State-level events to the city.
I can't imagine having two additional high schools sharing the two existing pools in Fort Collins. in our surrounding cities middle schools have swim teams. An additional pool could possible allow PSD to introduce this life time sport to our middle school students!
Fossil ridge boys swimming alumni
Go CSU!!!
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Swimming in high school saved me from getting in A LOT of trouble. My kids love to swim and are so excited to compete in high school. Loveland has a pool in each high school and it would be nice for our kids here in Fort Collins to have more opportunity!