How is the closing date of the pool decided?
We often get asked about the closing date of the pool. Why can’t it stay open longer to take advantage of the typical nice Seattle fall? The closing date is largely a function of staff availability. As older staff members go off to college, more and more responsibility is shifted to high school aged kids whose hours are restricted by state laws concerning student workers. Many of our high school kids are also involved in after school sports. The new pool takes a lot of guards – fitting all the puzzle pieces together comes increasingly impossible. It is also difficult to keep the pool in top shape when no one is there during the day. Peter cleans the dressing rooms and checks the chlorine on the way to his teaching job, but there is no one there to monitor chemicals for most of the day. If a tank runs out and we open at 3:00 – we’ve got problems. Pool usage also naturally drops off when schools begin and the evenings do get much colder. The increased cost of heating the pool for fewer a
