Let Them Swim

05/20/2026

💔🏊‍♀️ A Sad Day for Lassen High School Swimming 🏊‍♂️💔

Sadly, the fight to preserve the Lassen High School Swim Team and the fall pool season has come to an end.

The Lassen Union High School District Board has voted to discontinue the swim team. Students, parents, coaches, and community members made several appeals to both district leadership and the school board, hoping to find a path forward that would allow the program to continue. Despite those efforts, the parties involved were ultimately unable to reach a solution that would reinstate the team.

As a result, there will be no Lassen High School Swim Team for the upcoming season.

This decision also impacts the broader community. Throughout discussions regarding fall operations, the high school swim team served as a key component of keeping the pool open during the fall months. Without the team, it appears there will also be no fall season for public use, lessons, lap swim, or other community programs.

This is heartbreaking for the students who looked forward to competing, for incoming freshmen who hoped to join the team, and for the families and community members who value having access to the pool in the fall.

Since 2018, the swim team has provided students with opportunities to develop athletic skills, build friendships, learn discipline, and represent Lassen High School with pride. Its loss will be felt by many.

To every swimmer, coach, parent, volunteer, and supporter who advocated for this program: thank you. Your dedication, passion, and commitment to these students never went unnoticed.

While this chapter may be ending, we remain hopeful that future opportunities can be found to bring aquatic programs back to our students and community.

💙 Thank you for supporting these endeavors.

04/16/2026

04/13/2026

🚨 COMMUNITY SUPPORT NEEDED 🚨

The LUHS Board Meeting is happening tomorrow, April 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM at the LUHSD Board Room on Main Street.

We are asking our community to show up and make your voices heard.

The decision to cut the LHS Swim Team has already impacted our students—and the long-term effects will be even greater. This program provides more than just a sport. It offers opportunity, structure, academic motivation, and a sense of belonging for so many student-athletes.

Please come share your thoughts, concerns, and disappointment with the board. Our students deserve to be heard, supported, and given every opportunity to succeed.

💬 Your voice matters.
🏊‍♂️ Stand with our swimmers.
📍 Be there.

04/05/2026

The Lassen High School Swim Team appreciates your continued commitment to covering the ongoing effort to save our program. Unfortunately, we are saddened to share that this fight has come to a deva…

03/26/2026

It's not right that these students continue to fight for their team!
Community, please stand up for our students and fight for them!

The Lassen Union High School District has CUT the Lassen High School Swim Team.

This program is more than a sport—it’s a place where students build confidence, discipline, and community.

Now, that opportunity is gone.

💔 This hurts our students.
💔 This hurts our community.

We need your voice to bring it back.

03/17/2026

The Honey Lake Valley Recreation Authority board meets at 3 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, at the Susanville City Council Chambers, 66 S. Lassen St. Items on the agenda include approval of the a…

03/16/2026

🚨 Lassen High School Swim Team Has Been Cut 🚨

We are devastated to share that the Lassen High School Swim Team has been cut from LHS programs.

Our swimmers spoke at the March 10th school board meeting, pleading with the district to negotiate with the pool rather than eliminate the program entirely. These students showed courage by standing up for something they love.

Last season the team worked hard to raise funds to help offset costs, and they were fully willing to continue fundraising for future seasons. The swimmers, parents, and supporters are committed to finding solutions — but we need the community’s help right now.

Swimming provides students with teamwork, discipline, physical health, and a positive place to belong. Losing this program would take away an incredible opportunity for current and future students.

💜 We are asking our community for help:
• Please email school leadership and ask them to reconsider cutting the swim program.
• Encourage them to work with the pool to negotiate a solution.
• Share this post so more people know what’s happening.

📧 Principal: [email protected]
📧 Assistant Principal: [email protected]

We are also actively looking for donors, sponsors, and community partners who want to help save this program for our students.

Our swimmers are fighters — and we believe our community will fight with them.

💜🐻 Let’s work together to save Lassen High School Swim.

02/26/2026

No Fall Season?!!
We hate seeing an empty pool when it could be serving the public and our swim teams.

The fall season is once again at risk — but the community can change that.

👉 Take the Community Pool Survey
👉 Share it with others
👉 Speak up for public access and swim teams
👉 Support the special district

A pool that’s used is a pool that’s worth protecting. 💙

02/23/2026

🚨 A closed pool serves zero people — including our swim teams.

If the pool is sitting empty, ask the question:
👉 Why isn’t it open for public use and team practices?

The community deserves access to a pool we already pay for.

Don't let the 2025 swim team be the last team to swim for our community!! Speak up for these students!