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Warwick Valley High School pool reopens after extensive renovations

| 01 Oct 2018 | 08:01
    Photos provided by WVSD Members of the WVHS girls varsity swim team in the high school's renovated pool.
    Photos provided by WVSD Members of the WVHS girls varsity swim team in the high school's renovated pool.
    A varsity diver warms up before a meet in the district’s newly renovated swimming pool.
    A varsity diver warms up before a meet in the district’s newly renovated swimming pool.
    Long time WVHS swim coaches John and Antoinette Quinn at the ribbon cutting and re-opening of the Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Swimming Pool at Warwick Valley High School. The pool is dedicated to their son, an accomplished swimmer who passed away in 2004.
    Long time WVHS swim coaches John and Antoinette Quinn at the ribbon cutting and re-opening of the Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Swimming Pool at Warwick Valley High School. The pool is dedicated to their son, an accomplished swimmer who passed away in 2004.
    Members of the WVHS girls varsity swim team warm up before a meet in the district’s newly renovated swimming pool.
    Members of the WVHS girls varsity swim team warm up before a meet in the district’s newly renovated swimming pool.
    A plaque memorializing Anthony Quinn, an accomplished Warwick Valley swimmer, hangs on the tile wall overlooking the WVHS Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Swimming Pool.
    A plaque memorializing Anthony Quinn, an accomplished Warwick Valley swimmer, hangs on the tile wall overlooking the WVHS Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Swimming Pool.

WARWICK — Students, staff and community members are excited about the reopening of the Warwick Valley High School pool.
After an extensive renovation and repair project, the vintage 1955 pool is now open for varsity swim and dive team practices and meets, as well as physical education swim classes.
On Monday, Oct. 1, the pool opened for community Lap Swim and Family Rec Swim programs.
Team members, district administrators and those involved with the project celebrated at a ribbon cutting ceremony held at the pool on Sept. 21, before a swim meet against Washingtonville High School.
Said Warwick Athletics Director Greg Sirico: “Many thanks to the Minisink Valley School District, which graciously allowed the Warwick girls fall swim and dive teams to practice in their pool during the WVHS construction.”
The “Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Pool” is named after the late son of longtime WVHS swim coaches John and Antoinette Quinn.
Due to the priority of other district building and grounds projects, little work had been done on the pool since it opened more than 60 years ago.
The restoration was part of an $8 million capital project approved by district voters in December 2014, which also included security upgrades, electrical work, roof repairs, flooring projects and more.
Renovations and repairsFeatures of the pool renovation and repair project include:
• New tile throughout the pool deck, locker rooms and bathrooms.
• New diving boards and starting blocks.
• New Pool Pack, providing fresh air and humidity control.
• New LED lighting in locker rooms.
• New plumbing throughout the pool area.
• New pumps, heat exchanger and chlorination system.
• New controls to regulate pool.
• New drains.
• New bathrooms.
• Painting throughout the pool area.
• New doors.
• New shower room.
• Handicap accessibility.
'The equivalent of a new pool'Said School Superintendent Dr. David Leach: “These significant upgrades will sustain our high school pool for many years to come.”
Once the project began, several unexpected issues were encountered, resulting in extra work and schedule delays.
Additional fixes involved extensive pipe and valve deterioration, replacement of walls in both locker rooms, severe settling under the pool deck, replacement of deck drains, replacement of the main shutoff valve, deterioration of the pool foundation under the pool, leveling of the pool deck, and replacement of missing tiles and grout in the pool interior.
The pool renovation, a district capital project, began last spring and was completed this month.
“Now that all the work is done," said Timothy Holmes, Assistant Superintendent for Business, "we basically have the equivalent of a new pool."