Turkey Thicket Recreation Center located at 1000 N Michigan Ave, NE
“Dear PoPville,
Just saw this on the Brookland Listserv. Insane:
Turkey Thicket bans children from the pool from 6:30 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm Monday through Friday (pool is closed on Sunday). This policy even affects the children’s pool – which has been empty since the policy was implemented. The pool claims it gets too crowded yet instead of implementing a first-come, first-serve policy, the pool has decided it is best to ban families. Families who go to the pool to teach children to swim are told to use the splash park. When temperatures rise to dangerous levels – especially for young children – families are told to go outside and use the splash park. No other D.C. public pool has this policy. Turkey Thicket is one of the few pools easily accessible by metro & bus.”
Via email DPR says:
“We are evaluating our popular summer programming at the pool. We will alert residents with any changes and updates.”
Ed. Note: A couple years ago we spoke about a swimmer who was banned for wearing a swim shirt here.
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