Registration is $100 for Oakland Unified School District students, $190 for Oakland residents and $225 for non-residents. Sign-ups are available on the city’s website. Another session is planned for early August. The city is currently holding a weeklong lifeguard certification course. “A lot of families have been impacted because of pools being shut down or schedules being so reduced,” said Sykes, who has already signed up Leon III, now 5, for swimming lessons. Public pools open Saturday, June 4, and swimming lessons start June 6. But this summer, after ramping up staffing and lifeguard certification courses, Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development is gearing up for its first full-capacity swimming summer in three years. When the pandemic closed city facilities, Sykes, now 37, was unable to schedule lessons for his son, Leon III. Sykes spent the next 15 years working at the DeFremery Recreation Center swimming pool in West Oakland. After graduating from Oakland Tech, a friend encouraged him to become certified as a lifeguard. At age 11, Sykes became a junior volunteer lifeguard, receiving training in rescue breathing and first aid. Sykes’s parents soon signed him up for swim lessons, and two years later he was a member of the public swimming team at Fremont Pool in East Oakland. For more information visit Oakland Aquatics. Lap swim fees are $4 for seniors and $6 for adults, with discounted rates for member passes.ĭeFremery, Lions, Temescal and Fremont pools each have swim teams that compete on Saturdays. Public swim fees are $1 for children, $2 for seniors (55 and older) and $3 for adults. Oakland public pools open this summer, Monday-Saturday
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