What’s going on?
The College of DuPage currently has a proposal to permanently shut down the college pool. Our pool is a beloved community space where faculty, staff, students, alumni, community members, and all others can swim, build our fitness, and spend time with each other.
Right now, we don’t have any details about this proposal. However, we don’t believe it’s a sure thing… yet. That means we can fight against it! Help us preserve our beloved community space.
Get involved
Sign our petition
You can sign our petition in person at the COD pool deck, or online with our Google form. (Only sign one of them please!)
Attend the May 14 board meeting
Attend the May 14 board of trustees meeting. Click this link for details about attendance. Simply attend to show your support, or consider giving public comments up to 3 minutes voicing your support of keeping the pool open.
Share your stories
E-mail Linda Jenkins at jenkinslindas@att.net with stories about what the COD pool means to you. She will compile everyone’s stories and send them to the board of trustees in support of our goal.
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We won?! Meeting with President Siddiqi
This afternoon, Linda and I met with President Siddiqi to discuss the possible pool closure. Here’s the e-mail Linda sent everyone after our meeting concluded…
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E-mail from President Siddiqi
Today (May 5, 2026), President Siddiqi sent an email to campus and the COD Facilities Master Plan (FMP) webpage was updated to address concerns about the possible closure of our pool. While we’re happy to see that our protests against the pool closure have made it to the upper administration at COD, these communications have…
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E-mail update
Here’s the e-mail we sent out on May 1st about the pool. Please read this (long!!) email with important information related to our hope of saving the pool.
Without the COD pool, I would not be the swimmer and triathlete I am today.
Alyssa J. Pasquale, Ph.D.
COD faculty member and district resident