BERKELEYSIDE: Many students at Berkeley High School who used the swimming pool lost the hair on their arms and legs, and suffered eye irritations, due to chemical imbalances in the pool's water that were neglected by school staff, an investigation by Berkeleyside reveals.
After complaints about the swimming pool at Berkeley High went ignored for years, the Berkeley Unified School District last month decided to overhaul its system of monitoring the pool, shifting responsibility from the school administration to the district's offices.
The change came after numerous parents expressed concern about the pH balance of the pool, the city of Berkeley closed it down twice, and the coach repeatedly pleaded with the school district over four years to fix numerous problems, including reports of unbalanced chemical levels, rust, and algae in the water. Many of the problems went unaddressed.
In November, Berkeleyside filed a public records request with the district. The documentation turned over by BUSD - dozens of emails and memos adding up to hundreds of pages - revealed an extensive history of unaddressed maintenance issues both big and small and lax oversight of the pool.
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