As the summer heat ramps up, Action News Jax has learned nearly half of the public pools in Jacksonville are closed. Of the 33 public pools in the city, 16 haven’t opened because of staffing and maintenance issues.
“We actually have a supply chain shortage as well as staffing issue as for being able to hire lifeguards,” Director of Parks and Rec for the city of Jacksonville, Daryl Joseph said.The city has hired 246 lifeguards to work at the pools this summer, but they still have 114 openings.
“Started early as far as recruiting for lifeguards, we started that last year, so we’ve gone through training classes, all of our lifeguards are certified,” he said. A spokesperson for the city provided the following list, which shows which city pools are currently closed. The “R” stands for repair issue while the “S” stands for staffing issue.
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