The Warsaw Community Pool will welcome back swimmers on July 6. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak

WARSAW – The Warsaw Community Pool is set to reopen on July 6, and with it, the school has issued several levels of guidelines to provide a safe and enjoyable place to swim. Warsaw laid out its plan for the reopen, listed below.

2020 Open Swim Guidelines

Arrival:

• We ask that you do a self-screen before coming to our facility.
  • If you are experiencing any COVID – 19 symptoms listed below over the past 24 hours or at the present time, we will ask that you excuse yourself from our facility.
    • New loss of taste or smell
    • Temperature of 100.4 or higher
    • Cough
    • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
    • Chills
    • Muscle pain
    • Headache
    • Sore throat
    • Nausea/vomiting
    • Diarrhea

• You will check in at the front desk upon your arrival.
  • A series of questions will be asked:
    • Do you have any of these symptoms (listed above)
    • Have you had an exposure to COVID – 19
    • Have you traveled somewhere
  • We will be paying with cash transactions only.
  • You will be asked to sit with your family in a designated area in the bleacher seating until pool becomes open.
  • Face masks are recommended.
  • Locker rooms will be closed along with showers and drinking fountains, so please arrive with your suit on.
  • Restrooms will remain open but under a time limit.
  • Please practice social distancing from other families using our facility as well

• By choosing to enter our facility, you are fully aware of the dangers of contracting COVID – 19.

Open Swim Time

• Our facility will run at 50% bather load allowing only 60 people max in our facility at one time.This will allow for proper social distancing while enjoying time with your family in the pool.
  • 48 people in the lap pool
  • 12 people in the dive well

• Restrooms will remain open, but there will be a time limit.
• Lifeguards and an Emergency response team will be on duty to ensure your safety.
• Once out of the pool it is recommended that you wear a face covering.
• No equipment will be used from our facility, however, you are welcome to bring your own.
  • For example: kickboard, fins, goggles, or pull bouy

Departure

• Once you exit the pool, it is recommended to maintain 6 feet of social distancing from others, place face coverings on, and exit our facility.
  • Locker rooms and showers are closed – no changing will take place here

• You will be held responsible for washing your hands as well as any objects that you brought with you to our facility.
• Once facility is clear,lifeguards and custodians will do a deep clean.

Daily Self-Assessment

Please do the following at home before you come:

Do you have:

• Loss of smell or taste, or a change in taste
• Headache
• Fever (or fever-like symptoms) – alternating chills or sweating
• Cough
• Trouble breathing or shortness of breath
• Chills or repeated shaking
• Muscle aches
• Sore throat
• Diarrhea

Exposure to COVID – 19

1. Have you been within 6 feet for 10 minutes or more of someone that has been tested or is scheduled to be tested for COVID – 19?
2. Have you been in direct contact with the secretions (i.e. fluids from a sneeze or a cough) of someone that has been tested or is scheduled to be tested for

COVID-19 in the past 14 days?

Travel

1. Have you traveled to any country, state, or location where COVID-19 has sustained widespread community transmission in the past 14 days?

If the answer is yes or you do not know if COVID-19 is widespread, please contact Matt Binkerd, Warsaw High School’s Athletic Director, at 574-267-3162.