With school out, parents may still be scrambling to get their kids signed up for swimming lessons.

Parents want their children to be safe around water at the pool and beach all summer, said Megan Benevenuto, who leads aquatics for the YMCA of Metro Atlanta out of the Northwest Family YMCA in Kennesaw.

YMCA is the nation’s largest provider of swimming lessons.

“Safety around water is top of mind as we approach summer,” Benevenuto said. “There are drownings in Atlanta every summer, and we do our best every year to be out there at pools and prevent that from happening.”

Water safety is paramount for parents of children with autism or other developmental disabilities. Cassandra Davis said she and her husband, George, were concerned for their son, Lewis, who was born with some developmental

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