WHITELAND, Ind. — The Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation is sharing a document with parents detailing pool policies and procedures after a student drowned at Whiteland Community High School in 2023.
The district brought in "one of the country's foremost experts on swimming pool safety."
The district said that expert gave them suggestions and direction as well as "more specific language that will add layers of safety to our swimming protocol." The district said it took all of those recommendations into consideration when looking at pool rules and guidelines along with how physical education swimming classes are done.
"Because of the changes we have implemented it will make it a lot safer for our students and any other group that will be using the pool. We have worked hard to do our absolute best in refining and strengthening our checklist and guidelines," said a statement from Superintendent Dr. Timothy Edsell.
Click here for a complete look at the revised policy proposal.
(NOTE: The above video is from a previous report on proposed swimming policy changes at the school.)
Alaina Dildine, 15, was a freshman at Whiteland Community High School who drowned after having a seizure in the swimming pool in May 2023.
A police investigation determined she'd gone underwater and went unnoticed for 52 minutes.
The investigation found no one was criminally liable.