Phase 3 Announcement & WEST Remind Communications
Hello WEST Families,
This week marks the beginning of our state entering Phase 3 in our Reopening Process. It has taken some time for us to receive updated guidelines, and changes to the West Reopening Guidelines are summarized below. We will continue to take a conservative approach, for example our allowed facility capacity has been increased to 85 people (excluding staff) but we plan to operate well below that at all times to ensure safety at WEST. We plan to continue to run programs adjacent to each other and without overlap for the time being.
Several of our coaches and lifeguards have been vaccinated already and we plan to continue to incrementally make changes as we transition back to "normal" and reevaluate what that even looks like. We appreciate everyone's continued patience and support as we collectively persevere through these tough times.
Phase 3 Changes Listed by Program:
Swim Team: the number of swimmers per lane has been increased to 4. Updated lane assignments will be announced specific to each group and on an individual basis.
Swim Team Spectators: not allowed at this time.
Swim Team Locker Rooms: remain closed to changing and for restroom use only, 2 person maximum in the restroom at a time.
Swim Lessons: the number of swimmers per class has been increased to 4. This change only impacts beginner level classes.
Swim Lessons Spectators: 1 parent per family allowed in the facility with their children. NO EXCEPTIONS. Parents must social distance on deck by finding either a spot on the bench to watch lessons or a chair on deck that has been placed 6 feet apart.
Swim Lessons Locker Rooms: remain closed to changing and for restroom use only, 2 person maximum in the restroom at a time.
Water Aerobics: no changes at this time.
Lap Swim: no changes, we will continue to require reservations made ahead of time and schedule people 1 per lane. We appreciate people sharing lanes when possible and under summer schedule may start scheduling 2 people per lane during peak times due to limited space.
Lap Swim Locker Rooms: we will open the locker rooms for lap swimmers to change before / after they swim. Unfortunately, the showers will remain closed. The following rules will also apply:
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Locker room showers are still closed.
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Physical locker use is still closed.
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Locker room users will limit their usage to 5 minutes maximum.
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2 people are allowed to be in the locker room + restroom at one time. All MUST be masked and maintain social distancing practices at ALL times.
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Locker rooms are mainly to be used for restroom use or to quickly change into dry clothes ONLY.
WEST Remind Communications
WEST is reintroducing Remind to help improve communications to our team families. We will use this service to improve communication on WEST, especially regarding emergency closures and unavoidable last-minute changes to schedule. Email will continue to be our main source of communication, but we will use the Remind service as a supplementary communication when needed. You can discontinue service at anytime through your Remind Account settings.
Click the link here to sign up for free & connect to the WEST 2020-2021 Remind.
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Or send a text to 81010 with the message @c7gd28e
