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Parent urges board to accelerate pool repairs after starting block failed at meet
Summary
A parent told the DeWitt school board she witnessed a starting block break during a recent boys swim meet and asked the board to restore planned bond-funded pool repairs to earlier schedules; district staff said pool upgrades remain in the bond project and architects are beginning design work.
A DeWitt parent told the Board of Education she witnessed a starting block break during a boys swim meet and urged the board to restore earlier timelines for bond-funded pool repairs and replacements.
Jennifer McNeely, who identified herself as a parent and gave an address in the public comment period, said she watched a starting block fail as a swimmer launched into the pool. She said the failure delayed races, required lane changes and undermined confidence in equipment safety. "Fear of equipment breakage has no place in the swimming pool," McNeely said, and she asked the board to "swiftly put our pool upgrades and…
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