The Chicago Park District announced that it will extend pool operations and keep select beaches open through Labor Day.

Since nearly 70 percent of seasonal lifeguards are students who will be returning to school, the park district plans to use a phased pool closing with the intent to keep as many public pools open as possible through the official end of summer, the district said in a press release Thursday.

The park district plans to use Chicago’s Heat Vulnerability Index to identify areas within the city with high heat risk and factored in pool capacity, proximity of the pools to one another and the maintenance needs of the pools in determining the pools that will remain accessible to the public for use through September 1st.

Fifteen indoor and outdoor pools are expected to close Sunda

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