Lake Success Park Commission has recently implemented "Adult Swim" time at the local town pool at our kids' expense as they are prohibited from being in the pool during this time!
This was done without prior communication to any of the pool members, and have left families with children who use the pool without an opportunity to voice our concern.
As most of us know, pool hours are already shortened this year, and as such, working families have already lost pool time and, more importantly, valuable FAMILY time. We should NOT be further disadvantaged simply because adults now demand that they have their own private time in a public pool especially when we are all paying the same membership fees!
Let's band together and ask the Park Commission to reconsider and reschedule Adult Swim at a time that is mutually beneficial for adults with and without children. For example, Adult Swim time can be done on a rotating schedule between the morning and afternoon sessions to allow for all pool members to have as much pool time as possible instead of taking time away from the kids every night starting at 5:30 pm (especially on Tuesday and Thursday nights when the pool hours are extended).
Working families with children are the backbone of the Lake Success community! It's time we band together and voice our concerns about the additional reduction of pool time allowed with our children!
Updates
August 12, 2020
The Lake Success Park Commission is banking on us staying quiet while they prioritize their own convenience over our families. I am currently demanding a formal explanation for why they stole our pool time without a single word of consultation. Their silence proves they do not care about the working families who pay for this facility.
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I appreciate the various ways our community pool has tried to safely accommodate pool use during this unprecedented time. Just like various market places have also allowed for separate allocated times for senior citizens, I believe we can try to accommodate that scenario in our community as well. However, NOT at the expense of families with children and especially working families who already have limited time available at the pool as it already stands. I believe there are other time slots, earlier in the day perhaps, that can be made available for our retired population so that after work hours can be provided for families trying to spend some quality time with their children.
Let’s be fair to all! Working families with kids can only use the pool in the late afternoon/evening on weekdays. The weekdays when the pool is extended to 7pm working families need access to it too! Why can’t we split the week for the late swim with those wanting adult only swim!
Everyone - thank you SO much for your support! Because of you and your support, Adult Swim time has been cancelled! Unfortunately, I am not able to email everyone who signed, so I hope you can share the message with your friends and congratulate each other on a job well done! Happy Swimming for EVERYONE! -Jean
Lets lift these restrictions and figure out how to make the pool work for everyone.
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Lake Success Park Commission has recently implemented "Adult Swim" time at the local town pool at our kids' expense as they are prohibited from being in the pool during this time!
This was done without prior communication to any of the pool members, and have left families with children who use the pool without an opportunity to voice our concern.
As most of us know, pool hours are already shortened this year, and as such, working families have already lost pool time and, more importantly, valuable FAMILY time. We should NOT be further disadvantaged simply because adults now demand that they have their own private time in a public pool especially when we are all paying the same membership fees!
Let's band together and ask the Park Commission to reconsider and reschedule Adult Swim at a time that is mutually beneficial for adults with and without children. For example, Adult Swim time can be done on a rotating schedule between the morning and afternoon sessions to allow for all pool members to have as much pool time as possible instead of taking time away from the kids every night starting at 5:30 pm (especially on Tuesday and Thursday nights when the pool hours are extended).
Working families with children are the backbone of the Lake Success community! It's time we band together and voice our concerns about the additional reduction of pool time allowed with our children!
Updates
August 12, 2020
The Lake Success Park Commission is banking on us staying quiet while they prioritize their own convenience over our families. I am currently demanding a formal explanation for why they stole our pool time without a single word of consultation. Their silence proves they do not care about the working families who pay for this facility.
5 Comments
I’m not sure why it is acceptable to provide special hours when everyone is paying the same dues. Working parents are only able to bring their children to the pool after 5 pm or in my case, only on the weekends. We are already asked to exit the pool 15 mins prior to the posted closing time. Now we have to make special accommodations for ‘adults’. It’s very unfair, and not PC.
I appreciate the various ways our community pool has tried to safely accommodate pool use during this unprecedented time. Just like various market places have also allowed for separate allocated times for senior citizens, I believe we can try to accommodate that scenario in our community as well. However, NOT at the expense of families with children and especially working families who already have limited time available at the pool as it already stands. I believe there are other time slots, earlier in the day perhaps, that can be made available for our retired population so that after work hours can be provided for families trying to spend some quality time with their children.
Let’s be fair to all! Working families with kids can only use the pool in the late afternoon/evening on weekdays. The weekdays when the pool is extended to 7pm working families need access to it too! Why can’t we split the week for the late swim with those wanting adult only swim!
Everyone - thank you SO much for your support! Because of you and your support, Adult Swim time has been cancelled! Unfortunately, I am not able to email everyone who signed, so I hope you can share the message with your friends and congratulate each other on a job well done! Happy Swimming for EVERYONE! -Jean
Lets lift these restrictions and figure out how to make the pool work for everyone.
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I’m not sure why it is acceptable to provide special hours when everyone is paying the same dues. Working parents are only able to bring their children to the pool after 5 pm or in my case, only on the weekends. We are already asked to exit the pool 15 mins prior to the posted closing time. Now we have to make special accommodations for ‘adults’. It’s very unfair, and not PC.