{"id":307310,"date":"2026-05-24T21:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/307310\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:20:59","slug":"kisd-approves-2-1m-in-natatorium-repairs-facility-will-remain-closed-through-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/307310\/","title":{"rendered":"KISD approves $2.1M in natatorium repairs, facility will remain closed through summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeller ISD trustees approved a $2.1 million budget amendment to move money into the general fund for repairs to the district’s natatorium, which was closed indefinitely<\/a> May 12.<\/p>\n

The overview<\/p>\n

The natatorium closed due to water filtration failures, deputy superintendent John Allison said at a May 14 KISD board meeting<\/a>. With the recent filter failure, the pool\u2019s filtration system cannot safely circulate the water, he said.<\/p>\n

The district intends to buy new water filters at a cost of about $500,000 and a dehumidifier for about $1.6 million. The dehumidifier removes moisture and chlorine from the air and protects the building’s HVAC system from chlorine, which is a corrosive chemical, Allison said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the air moves through the [dehumidifier] before it moves through the other air handlers. If you don\u2019t do that, you\u2019re pulling chlorinated air in and you\u2019re corroding your entire HVAC system,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

Allison said the next trustee meeting June 9 will include bids from vendors, and trustees could approve specific purchases for the filters and dehumidifier. After purchase approval, Allison said the new filters will take between 2-3 months to arrive, and installation will take between 10-14 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cFilters for commercial pools are made to order,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Cory Wilson said district staff are working with other organizations to find alternate pool space for the district\u2019s swimmers to use over the summer, including the city of Keller.<\/p>\n

Keller Mayor Armin Mizani announced in a social media post<\/a> that city leaders directed staff at the Keller Pointe recreation center to host the natatorium\u2019s swim lessons and accommodate the natatorium\u2019s lap swimmers.<\/p>\n

Keller City Council will meet in a special session on May 22 to further discuss the natatorium, Mizani said in the post.<\/p>\n

Some background<\/p>\n

The natatorium houses a 186-foot-long pool and hosts several aquatic activities, including swim and dive practices, swim lessons and adult lap swim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keller ISD trustees approved a $2.1 million budget amendment to move money into the general fund for repairs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,116,118,117,1234,15979,107209,20559,8349],"class_list":["post-307310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-education","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-keller","tag-kisd","tag-natatorium","tag-pool","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}