US lifeguard shortage causes pools to work year-round to rebuild their staff after the pandemic

Almost a third of all public swimming pools in the United States were closed last year due to a lifeguard shortage. Almost a third of the 309,000 U.S. public swimming pools remained closed or opened sporadically last year due to a shortage of lifeguards, according to the American Lifeguard Association (ALA).  Employees at the public pools in some of the hottest cities in the nation, like…