Lake Highlands Family YMCA

Love the pool and the water aerobics classes! Fabulous people and the water is consistently good.

This review is for the swimming lessons only.
For the PK group swimming classes, the fee is $ 60 for members and $ 90 for non-​members. I did not want to pay some of the outrageous fees other swimming instruction business were charging, and I successfully learned to swim at the YMCA when I was younger, so I thought my child could give these lessons a try. Unfortunately, this is a case where you get what you pay for.
The majority of the instructors are not friendly. I enrolled my child for three different sessions and not one of them introduced themselves on the first day of class. None of them were very enthusiastic with the kids, and seemed rather ambivalent. If you don’t like your job, it’s probably time to look for a new one.
There was a bit of disorganization. One instructor disappeared for about 4 days and the parents were not told what happened. Each day we were met with a different instructor until someone finally informed us the individual was ill. It’s a bit distracting for the kids to adjust to having a different instructor each day. In a different case, I noticed a child from a different class came prepared for her lesson, but that instructor’s «meeting ran over,» so she was offered a make-​up class. One instructor cut the class about 10 minutes short – they are only 30 minutes long.
As classes are going on, some of the instructors play music from their iphones. I enjoy a little background noise, but it can be a little loud at times. This makes me wonder if the kids can hear any instruction while Jay-​Z is blasting in the background.
I feel like you sacrifice quality for price, at least at this location.