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Students and coaches urge OUSD to replace Villa Park pool, request district cost and revenue analysis
Summary
Students, parents and coaches told the Orange Unified School District board the Villa Park High pool is unsafe and inadequate, pressing the district to repair or replace the deteriorated 25-yard pool and to evaluate building a 50-meter multiuse facility; staff agreed to return with additional cost and revenue information.
Students, parents and community coaches pressed the Orange Unified School District Board of Education on Aug. 15 to fix chronic safety and maintenance problems at Villa Park High School’s pool and to consider constructing a 50-meter facility.
“I think our pool is honestly becoming a liability for anyone who sets your foot on deck,” student Lucy Flynn told the board, citing recent injuries and a summer incident that required stitches. Coaches and parents described repeated closures, plumbing and water-quality problems and urged a replacement rather…
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