McKoy Pool

"Excellent!! Nice and shaded. Getting out every 50 minutes "for a break" is extremely annoying, though. Especially if you just get there and that's when the break is and you have to leave soon. Parents should be trusted with knowing when their kids need a break."

"Seconding the review regarding the pool being closed. A wastewater issue being the stated reason with no other explanation nor timelines raises more concerns. What does wastewater even mean? Is the pool full of sewage and human waste? A reply stating that there are other city pools simply underscores how little the city understands their constituents they are meant to serve. When did this start? Did I take my kids to swim in wastewater before the issue was announced? (To be clear, it was never announced) When will this be resolved? What’s the extent of the issue? Why is there no information about what is going on? Yes, we have been visiting other pools. If McKoy pool never existed, that would be fine. But it does and it’s the only pool south of college is now closed indefinitely with no explanation. How could anyone think this is acceptable? The pool itself is fine, when open and not full of ‘waste’."

"The life guards especially the head life guard are very unprofessional. On Tuesday 8,2021 the head life guard of your Mccoy pool came off very rude from the beginning of my visit along with 2 other parents. We had 5 children each and he was upset stating we are a camp and can not come in. The 2 other parents and I both explained to him that we are not a camp, he then process to give one of the parent a phone to talk to the manager of Dekalb district pools because he felt we were still a camp. The manager after having the situation explain to him that we are not a camp just 3 mothers who came to a pool together he then decides to let us enter. Later on while it started to rain and everyone had to get out of the pool one of the parents walked in on the life guards discussing us which is very unprofessional. They saying we were lieing and they did not want to watch our group of children, if your pool was not pass capacity and we were following the rules your staff should not have had an issue especially being that we paid our way. A different life guard herself stated we seem like family which after their manager said it's ok let them enter there should not have been any problem nor further discussion much less in front of our children. We were discriminated against and it was not fair to treat us mothers nor our children that way. We were in there less then 1 hour and was not refunded our money."

"Great pool especially for small kids. We love the zero entry side of the pool with the fountains! However, we got to the pool right when it opened on a weekday to find that the front desk person had not come in yet. The lifeguards aren’t allowed to take money from guests apparently, so we had to wait outside the pool until the desk employee came in..long story short it was a bit annoying to wait nearly 30 minutes to get to go into the pool deck, especially with a toddler and newborn. Otherwise our other experiences have been great!"

"Great unique pool designed with younger children in mind. It’s never too crowded and the kids love it there. It can be kind of shaded certain times of the day, which can cause the water to be a little colder than other pools. Overall a great little pool for young families."