Comments on: More Options for Ann Arbor’s Mack Pool

By: jcp2

jcp2 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:54:54 +0000

I thought Mack was kept a bit warmer for the Dawn Ducks but too warm for lap swimming. It’s the air that’s cold in the winter(big windows with radiant heat loss and very little heat in the locker rooms).

By: Kassie

Kassie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:54 +0000

The problem with Mack is the pool is too cold!

By: Cornell88

Cornell88 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:48:18 +0000

I’d love to see a general swim time in the after school slot, 3-4 PM, M-F…many parents of Open kids would stay and use the pool if it were available for general swim at that time. The old schedule did not open the pool for older kids and parents until the evening…too much of a hassle to get back down there and too late for school nights. Being able to swim immediately after school and before dinner would be fabulous. Unlike most elementary/middle schools, Open has a good hundred or more families that actually pick up their kids, in person,at that time, 3 PM. Let’s take advantage of the fact that people are already there at the building!

By: Cathy Antonakos

Cathy Antonakos — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:19:23 +0000

It’s wonderful that people are making the effort to save Mack Pool. It is a gem.

In the new schedule, swim times for families are limited to lap and tot, and weekend family swim. I like to swim laps and my children are a bit too old to just play in the tot area.

There may be a segment of people like me who use the pool, but not as often as they’d like, because “family swim” times are too infrequent.

Please also think about homeschooling families in Ann Arbor. There are many! And many of these families have flexibility in scheduling. You can market directly to them.

Finally, although Mack is closed in the summer, I often wish it was open, as I want a cool place to swim out of the sun.

By: mr dairy

mr dairy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:56:23 +0000

I find it disconcerting how city departments can find things to cut from the budget when the pinch is on. Where were these efforts when the city was “flush”?

Are the Mack pool (Fuller and Buhr as well) solar systems installed some 10 or more years ago still working and in use?