SwimRVA overhauls summer camp activities to pursue exemption from state licensing requirements

SwimRVA overhauls summer camp activities to pursue exemption from state licensing requirements

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Lawyers for the family of King Overton toured the SwimRVA North facility in Henrico on Thursday with their experts, weeks after the 9-year-old drowned during a summer camp at the facility on June 15."King was in a place that was supposed to protect him and watch him," King's aunt, Cherry Stone, said.Following Overton's death, questions arose about whether SwimRVA's summer camps were licensed and therefore required to meet sta…

VDOE reviews SwimRVA compliance plan after 9-year-old drowned at unlicensed camp

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is reviewing a final compliance plan submitted by SwimRVA on Wednesday after the state found that the summer camp was unlicensed when a 9-year-old boy drowned at its North location in June.