'This national lifeguard shortage is some sort of code for people don't want to do this job.'
As the temperatures approach100 degrees this week, Chicago public pools are closed and will remain that way for at least two more weeks.
She's a parent, Chicago Public Schools teacher and a water safety advocate. Without pools, she worries kids wont have a safe, free outlet this summer. "This is bigger than all of us we are coming out of a 1 in 100 year pandemic were doing things we've never done." Low pay, high responsibility and a short term gig. And the district said it can't compete with the current marketplace.
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