“No, Dallas is NOT closing all of its pools,” Dallas Park and Recreation Board Member Rudy Karimi wrote on Facebook on Sunday. The post was in response to confusion created by a recently corrected story from the Dallas Morning News that suggested the city would be closing all of its pools. The headline lacked a little nuance, says Karimi. The Park and Recreation Board is sorrowfully suggesting that the city close nine of its community pools , predominantly located in the southern half of the city, within the next three years, but that isn’t even half of all the pools or aquatic attractions that the city manages.

“I believe the original headlines on the Dallas Morning News were a little bit extra, I think,” Karimi said to the Observer. “They didn't mention any exceptions

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