Bedford Opens Up Day Camps, Pools For Some Nonresidents

Mount Kisco residents in the Bedford Central School District can now sign up for day camps and swimming pools in Bedford.

The Bedford Town Board unanimously voted to make children who are students in either the Bedford district or the Katonah-Lewisboro School District, but who are not residents of Bedford, eligible to use the town's summer day camps and pools.

This would allow children who go to school together a chance to play together during the summer.

This change is expected to affect only a handful of children, said William Heidepriem, Superintendent of Recreation and Parks. A few parents who live within the school districts but not in the town call each year to ask that their children be allowed to join the camps and pool. "Over the years, the town board has been sympathetic to the situation," he said. "It is a handful of households that are affected."

Councilman Francis T. Corcoran said that allowing a limited enrollment of nonresident children was reasonable and practical. "This way does not place too large a burden on the town," added Town Supervisor Lee Roberts.