Q&A
Inquiry about DOE swimming pools and public accessibility
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Council Member Krishnan inquires about the number of swimming pools on Department of Education (DOE) property and their accessibility to the public. Commissioner Donoghue explains that while she doesn't have exact numbers, Parks Department has regular meetings with DOE about pool availability and partnerships.
- Parks Department uses some DOE pools for their Swim for Life program
- Exact numbers of DOE pools and their public availability are not immediately available
- There's ongoing collaboration between Parks Department and DOE regarding pool usage
Shekar Krishnan
1:03:58
Thank you so much, Counselor.
1:03:59
I mean, that's a really important point.
1:04:00
And we mentioned before too that, you know, we had to do that in Jackson Heights.
1:04:04
We don't have a public pool.
1:04:05
So on that point commission and you may have said it before, but I just think it's it's up to clarify the numbers.
1:04:10
So how many swimming pools are on DOE property?
1:04:14
Which of these pools are open to the general public or to groups other than DOE students?
1:04:19
At any time?
Sue Donoghue
1:04:21
Thank you, council member.
1:04:22
I do not have that number at at my that would be a DOV question.
Shekar Krishnan
1:04:26
So have have Parks and and DOE ever discussed opening these pools for use by the public at times in schools?
Sue Donoghue
1:04:31
We have weekly, almost seems daily meetings with DOE on availability of their pools and partnerships over pools.
1:04:38
Absolutely.
1:04:39
And so our existing swim for live programming happens at DOE schools.
1:04:43
And do you know the number of schools that we're using for swim for life?
1:04:46
And I know that it's a these.
1:04:49
Yeah.
1:04:50
So right now, we're swimming for live programming.
1:04:52
It's happening with that.
1:04:53
But in terms of other availability of DOE schools, I don't have that number.
Shekar Krishnan
1:04:57
They have
Sue Donoghue
1:04:57
to come from them.
Shekar Krishnan
1:04:58
Okay.
