[FAST News] Important Message Regarding Schedule Change

[Fort Worth Area Swim Team Mailing List]

To all FAST Members:

  We wanted to pass along some information regarding practice times for the 
coming swim season and some potential changes to workout start and finish 
times due to increased need for pool usage by the FWISD high school teams 
for their practices.
  As most of you know, we rent the facility from the FWISD and at all times, 
their priority rightfully so, is to the high school programs and their 
success.
  Due to later athletic periods being mandated, added with bus travel time 
out to Wilkerson, the concern has been that the FWISD high schools have not 
been getting adequate training time with FAST starting it's practice times 
at 4:30.
  Team President Steve Plamondon has been in contact with FWISD Athletic 
Director Herb Stevens regarding pushing all FAST practices back 30 minutes 
(so a 4:30 start would now be a 5:00 start and all groups would follow suit 
with start and finish times).
  The final decision will be made by the FWISD next week at their staff 
meeting, however both Head Coach Ron and our President Steve Plamondon 
wanted to get this potential change in start times out to the membership so 
that families could do some advance planning and adjust schedules as needed 
before school goes back and before FAST returns from break.
  We are anticipating any change in scheduled start times not to take effect 
until September 1st.  So normal workout times would stay in effect for the 
rest of August when we return from the break.
  Ideally, we would like to continue our schedule as it is now, however this 
is probably not realistic based on the fact that we are renters and subject 
to our pool owner's wishes on how they need to run their programs.
  Our team President Steve Plamondon should be hearing back from the ISD on 
Monday with the finalized schedule and we will post it for all members just 
as soon as we have it.
   Thanks for taking the time to read this important message.

  Head Coach Ron Forrest