Village Looks to New Pool to Meet Long-Term Needs

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[Photos courtesy of McFarland School District]
[Photos courtesy of McFarland School District]

The McFarland School District of South Central Wisconsin has been slowly outgrowing its aquatics facilities for decades. Built in 1978, the original Angie O'Donnell Aquatic Center has a six-lane rectangular competition pool that is in constant demand, both from students and across the village's demographic spectrum. Now, after a years-long planning and approval process, the facility will be flexing its boundaries to make room for the flood of interest that consistently meets its programming.


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A referendum passed in November 2016 has allowed the McFarland Pool, located at the district's high school, to be transformed into a new facility within the same building. The new 10-lane pool will offer an extended eight lanes for competition, with an additional two lanes for swimmers to warm up. Along with more space, the new facility will offer expanded locker rooms for both student-athletes and the community at large, as well as expanded spectator seating, improved accessibility, and a diving board that will allow the high school to try its hand at competitive team diving. The current pool will be filled in and turned into a new fitness center for the high school.

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