Pleasant Hill Aquatic Park & Pool

Had my kid’s 4^th birthday party here back in September. Everyone had fun and the price was reasonable. The college students that work here as life guards are very nice, they even opened up the side gate for you to bring all the party supplies and let me put the cake in their refrigerator. Minus one star because the older ladies that work at the office don’t give the best customer service. But the birthday party was a hit and that’s all that matters.

A friend called the office and asked if we could bring our babies to open swim today and the price. The person on the phone said it was open and babies were free (adults $ 5) so we all got packed up and changed and drove there. Well the woman working at the desk was very rude and said today the pool wasn’t open. Other moms can understand what an ordeal it can be to go somewhere (the diaper bag, changing, car seat etc) and how frustrating it is to get there and they say differently then on the phone. Very unprofessional

Everybody besides the manager who work weekdays overlooking the evening swim lessons are great. The manager guy is an absolute douche who needs people skills and a father who could teach him what hand tools are.

We live right behind the pleasant hill park and go over to the pool and park quite often during the summer. It is a great place.
Our 6 year old son has taking swim lessons at the pool for two years now. His very first lesson last year was with Bree and she was AWESOME! She really made it fun for him and he learned alot. This year he was lucky enough to have Bree again for a private lesson. She basically got him to swim in 4 lessons. He went on to have Tim who was fantastic with out son. He was challenging and fun at the same time.
We go to the public swim quite a bit and can’t really complain about that either. The pool is well maintained and clean. Our son still loves the spray ground too. We are really lucky to live so close.

We took DGD (Darling Granddaughter) and my Son to the Pleasant Hill Aquatic Park & Pool on a recent hot summer day. Gayle and I even received the Senior Rate! The Pool Complex has been nicely redone and consists of the main pool (with deep end and diving board), a kiddie pool, and a sprayground. The adjacent Teen Center is still being constructed, but should be open soon.
I enjoyed jumping off the board, watching the Kid do the same, and then swimming over to Gayle and DGD and splashing around. The pools are well covered by Lifeguards and the fun activities are watched closely. There’s also plenty of space to set a chair and even a healthy amount of shade. Please note that the shower house offers no lockers or towel concession, so plan accordingly.
Gayle raised her Son in this neighbourhood, yet yesterday was the first time that she had been to this Pool. On the other hand, other activities and life in general keeps one busy and sometimes unaware of other options. This is a good one.

This a great pool and sprayground. The pool was redone and the sprayground is great for the kids. The park next door is our favorite and we look forward to the Teen Center being open and possibly selling snacks!

My daughter took 8 private swim lessons here at the beginning of summer…
Her first coach Brianna was wonderful, gave my daughter confidence to put her face under water, hold her breath, and open her eyes under water. Brianna was very animated with encouragement and kept my daughters attention with great participation. My daughter had her for 4 lessons.
The second set of four lessons my daughters coach had the personality of a tetanus shot, flat affect, no encouragement there, my daughter kept watching Brianna across the pool and trying to make her way over to Brianna. It was pure torture observing my daughter in her swim lesson with this coach, he was attempting to teach my 4 year old daughter freestyle swimming, to me it looked like she was on the verge of drowning.
I wanted my daughter to get a strong foundation of water safety and be able to stay afloat if she should ever fall into a body of water. To me that means learning the basic dog paddle and treading watering. However, PH rec dept. doesn’t believe in teaching the dog paddle and start with freestyle so the kids don’t develop poor swimming habits.
I spoke to the swim lesson manager and he directed me to put my concerns on the end of the lesson comment card, which I did. No response. I also called and followed up with Cory the Director of the Swimming program, she apparently never received my comment card that had many comments on it and a request for Katie the Parks and Rec Director to call me. No apologies, just excuses.
After talking to Cory and hearing about the swim lesson philosophy of not teaching the dog paddle or treading water I decide to remove my daughter from her next session I had scheduled… I didn’t want to risk my daughter drowning even if she would have a perfect freestyle form as she sinking to the bottom of the pool.
Cory was happy to refund my fees minus the a $ 10 Admin fee. And I was happy to cancel any further swim lessons and get back my fees minus the $ 10 Admin fees.