High school swimmers in Woods Cross, Viewmont and Farmington could pay $180 to $230 each for pool access under a new 10-year deal. The Davis School District Board of Education unanimously approved the facility-sharing agreement with South Davis Recreation District at its Sept. 1 meeting.

The interlocal agreement ends a four-year gap since the previous arrangement expired in 2022. District swim teams at Woods Cross High School, Viewmont High School and Farmington High School use the South Davis Rec pool for practice and meets. In return, South Davis Rec can continue using school buildings and fields for Jr. Jazz basketball, soccer and other programs.

Business administrator Tim Leffel told the board the district spent roughly two years negotiating the terms after exploring the cost of building its own pool, as reported by the Davis Journal.

"We looked at all kinds of costs, even down to the detail of how much chlorine does it cost per swimmer," Leffel said.

Rather than a custom formula, the two sides settled on South Davis Rec's existing six-month membership rates, roughly the length of a swim season. Students at schools inside the rec district, including Woods Cross and Viewmont, would pay about $180. Farmington High swimmers, whose school sits outside the rec district, would pay about $230. State law requires the district to charge fees based on actual costs, so it cannot charge Woods Cross, Centerville or Viewmont swimmers more to offset the higher Farmington rate.

The total bill comes to about $45,000 a year.

Leffel said the district anticipates passing the per-swimmer cost on to families as part of the swim-team fee. Costs will hold steady for three years. After that, the district and South Davis Rec will revisit rates based on updated membership fees and swimmer counts. The 10-year structure stays in place.

The deal had been publicly in the works for months. Bountiful City Councilmember Dan Bell reported in April 2026 that the South Davis Recreation Board was still negotiating the agreement with the district.

Superintendent Dan Linford said the arrangement benefits South Davis Rec as much as the district. South Davis Rec runs the largest recreation program and the largest Jr. Jazz program in Davis County, he said, and its participants use district buildings and fields extensively at no charge.

"It's a good pool and pools are hard to come by," Linford said.

The first cost review under the agreement is expected in 2029.