I have taken my kids to the City of Wichita Pools, recreation dept. as taught per the Red Cross standards. I wanted a place that was affordable but was serious about teaching a kid to swim. We have a cabin on a river, and I was always terrified one of them would fall in that river and be swept away, (rivers are QUITE different) so I need them to be really strong swimmers. We are west siders and took them to Harvest Pool. They did a great job, and I was able to get them all in at one timeslot. My boys are close to the same age, 8,7,and 5. Now the younger ones they may put in the tot class, but that is still a good starter. The lessons only cost $25 for 2 weeks, and I just put my kids in one 2 wk. session back to back so they got a month or so's worth of instruction. All other swim lessons I checked into were too pricey to put 3 kids in to, and after talking their daycare teachers, alot of the places just teach them to dog paddle and swish around. Since I needed strong swimming skills I stuck with the Red Cross standards. They are teenagers teaching it, but they are certified Red Cross instructors. Since it is public, first come, first serve enrollment, just show up at the pool at 1pm the day after Memorial day and get them enrolled. There will be a line.