Come on in, the water’s fine! No, actually, it’s better than fine. The 90-degree water in Goldfish Swim School’s pool is amazing. The thing I hate most about swimming is edging into a frigid pool. My husband always just jumps in, like ripping off a Band-aid, but I tiptoe in to prolong the misery. Once we’re in the water, we don’t last long: In 20 minutes, my kids’ lips start to turn blue and their teeth chatter. We visited the new Goldfish Swim School in Shoreline, and it was like walking into a bathtub. My kids played happily for the entire 90-minute family swim session. They can’t wait to go back. Goldfish Swim School is a family-friendly facility dedicated to kids 4 months to 12 years old. The first location, started by a couple with 4 kids, opened in 2009 outside Detroit. Now there are 107 franchises across the country, including two brand-new ones in the Pacific Northwest. Redmond’s Goldfish Swim School opened Aug. 1, and Shoreline’s opened Oct. 1. The Shoreline pool is located in a shopping plaza off 99, replacing what used to be a gym, a Subway and an Aaron Brothers. The space was completely gutted and rebuilt with a brand-new pool specifically designed for families with young kids. You won’t see old people in Speedos doing laps here. The “deep end,” which is in the middle, is 3-foot-5-inches, and the shallow ends are 3-foot-2-inches. Being able to touch the bottom of the pool was a huge confidence booster for my kids. Everything is bright, new and clean. There’s a hand-painted underwater mural along one wall. Another wall is floor-to-ceiling glass. We could see the gray, drizzly parking lot outside, while enjoying the toasty warm pool. The Shoreline Goldfish Swim School isn’t far from the public indoor pools in Lynnwood and Montlake Terrace, which are renown among parents for being tricked-out water playgrounds. Spray fountains, lazy river, water slides, the works! Goldfish Swim School doesn’t have any of those bells and whistles, but it does have that wonderful 90-degree water. That is the main selling point for me. (Montlake Terrace is 88 degrees, Lynnwood is 86 degrees. It makes a difference.) The other huge plus are the private changing rooms. My 8-year-old son still struggles to peel off wet swim trucks and get dried off and dressed. I wouldn’t send him into the men’s room by himself. I stopped using the two family changing rooms at our neighborhood public pool because they are usually occupied, plus one time I saw a homeless guy come out of there. My son is too big to go into the women’s room with me, but I usually hose him off quickly and hustle him into the tiny curtained partition while avoiding eye contact in case someone is trying to give me a stink-eye. Goldfish Swim School solves that problem with individual changing rooms. There are 10 private changing rooms with showers, plus two more without showers. There’s a Bumbo in each, so you have a place to set down the baby. Brilliant. There’s also an entire row of showers right next to the pool, behind a glass partition. The four individual restrooms are sparkling clean, and there’s also a restroom poolside for easy access. I love that at Goldfish Swim School, kids can go into any changing room, any restroom, with Mom or Dad. When you walk in, you’ll need to fill out a waiver for your family. There’s a shop area selling swim diapers, goggles, swimsuits and snacks in case you need them. You can stash your bag in one of the open cubbies (lock the important stuff in the car). The showers are all stocked with Costco-size bottles of Pantene shampoo, Dove body wash and Johnson & Johnson baby wash, which way fancier than the Up & Up in our shower at home. There are swimsuit wringers, and a big changing table with a bucket of free diapers in case you’re in a pinch. There’s also a blow-dry bar under a mini thatch roof. Family swim is open to the public, and runs $5 per swimmer, with a max of $15 a family. That’s even cheaper than our (freezing and kind of gross) neighborhood city-run pool, which is $6 for adults, $4 for kids. It wasn’t even crowded, just five or six other families when we visited on a Sunday afternoon. Swim lessons start at $129 a month for 30-minute group lessons, with a 7 percent sibling discount. That works $249 a month for my two kids, which is out of my budget. For now, we’re just going to enjoy the family swim. A fun afternoon of swimming without shivering for $15? Sold.   The bottom line: Toasty warm water, private changing rooms with showers and the $15/family price makes Goldfish Swim School a winner. My story ran on ParentMap here.