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District details condition and cost of four school pools; staff urges city partnership or hold plan pending SPLOST
Summary
Presenters described safety, maintenance and cost issues for four school pools — Jenkins, Brock, Schuman and Haven — and outlined options including partnership with the city, lease/sale or holding action while the city considers SPLOST funding.
District staff told the finance committee that four district pools need repair and that options range from city partnership to a hold‑pattern pending broader public funding votes.
Miss Davidson, a district facilities staff member, said the district owns four pools — Brock, Haven and Schuman (elementary sites) and Jenkins (high school) — and described significant maintenance and safety problems at three sites. “We currently have some significant challenges with the conditions of 3 of our 4 pools,” Davidson said, showing photos and noting that Haven fills with rain when drained and that some pools reach 15 feet in depth, raising liability concerns.
The pool discussion is consequential because fixing and operating the sites would require a multi‑hundred‑thousand‑dollar investment and ongoing operating costs; the…
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