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| - I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old that have attended this school now for 9 months. I would have given them 5 stars, but our experience here has been mildly mixed. Generally speaking, the school does a very good job teaching very young students how to swim and be safe in the water. However, service quality depends on the time of day you go and teaching expertise depends on who you get. Our younger son is in semi-private lessons right now which is required for his age. His teacher Ed, is phenomenal. Flat-out AMAZING. He is fun, he is a great teacher, he is attentive and gives the kids 100% of himself as a teacher. Usually we struggle to get our 2 year old out of the house, but when I tell him we're going to swim and see Ed, he's practically running to the door. If all teachers were like him, I would give this school a 5-star. However, my other son has had some mixed experiences. He has had very good teachers and very bad teachers. On our last make up, the teacher was staring out the window for most of the class, barked commands at him the whole time and finished his lesson a few minutes early . This is not our normal experience here, but in my mind, this should never happen. His usual teacher is much more attentive and caring. Generally, you have the same teacher every week, but for make-up sessions the teachers will vary and on occasion, teachers will call-out sick.
We pay $181 per month right now for 2 kids. It feels like a lot of money, but when you break it down it averages about $21/kid/week which I think is very reasonable. The lessons are 30 minutes.
If possible, I would recommend that you try to get lessons during the weekdays in the morning. The front desk folks during this time are very nice and personal and it is not too crowded. Afternoons tend to be very crowded. There is usually about a 5 minute wait for the showers in the afternoon which doesn't seem like a lot, but remember you are in line with a wet and shivering kid or two. The desk girls are usually less experienced in the afternoons. Some of the afternoon desk girls are flat out rude and immature. But I guess with any large company, you always have a bad employee or two.
Overall, I would recommend this place. It is not perfect but it is the best swim school we have been to.
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