Family of boy that drowned calls on state to reject SwimRVA's attempt to remain unlicensed
Lawyers for the family of King Overton toured the SwimRVA North facility in Henrico on Thursday with their experts, weeks after the nine-year-old drowned during a summer camp at the facility on June 15.
Following Overton's death, questions arose about whether SwimRVA's summer camps were licensed and therefore required to meet state staffing, training, and ratio requirements.
The Virginia Department of Education later determined SwimRVA was operating an unlicensed child day program. Investigators said the summer camps did not qualify for the licensing exemptions SwimRVA claimed applied.
The agency ordered SwimRVA to submit a compliance plan by July 27 and either come into full compliance, qualify for an exemption, or cease operations by Aug. 14.
The nonprofit later submitted a plan of compliance detailing changes it would make immediately to bring its summer camps into compliance with state rules.
On Thursday, the attorneys representing King Overton’s family, Mark Krudys and Ben Crump, sent a letter to VDOE asking them to reject SwimRVA’s single focus claim and require them to obtain a license before operating a summer camp.
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