With nearly half of its lifeguard jobs still unfilled, the Chicago Park District will limit access to no-swimming-allowed portions of North Avenue Beach and Calumet Beach to divert enough lifeguards to open 37 neighborhood pools on July 5.
will limit access to no-swimming-allowed portions of North Avenue Beach and Calumet Beach to divert enough lifeguards to open 37 neighborhood pools on July 5.committee that some of its shuttered pools would be open on July 5. But Chief Program Officer Daphne Johnson said the precise numbers and locations depend on how many lifeguards are hired and trained before then.
An advertisement to apply to be a lifeguard at Fullerton Avenue and DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Chicago on May 24, 2022. The Park District manages 49 outdoor pools and 28 indoor pools and works with Chicago Public Schools to operate school pools for community use in neighborhoods without a park pool. With only 55% of seasonal vacancies filled, Park District Supt. Rosa Escareno reassigned the limited workforce to serve residents of South and West side neighborhoods far from the lakefront."Despite the many challenges we’ve faced hiring lifeguards, including the national shortage, we have not given up and remain committed to a pool opening plan rooted in safety first," Escareno said in a news release.
"There’s no swimming at Fullerton. However, in the past, the Park District has stationed lifeguards there," Smith said.
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