Disney and other children's television characters are now freshly painted on the Kids First Swim School walls marking the completion of a makeover started when new management came on board in June.

Manager Patrick Morin, who also manages swim schools in Columbia, began the upgrades last summer. His assistant Tim Nielsen is on duty most days in Severna Park.

"We are keeping up with the housekeeping and have hired new staff to get the instructional level up to where it was," Nielsen said.

The inside has a fresh coat of paint and the pool was closed for cleaning and maintenance from Christmas until just after New Year's Day, Nielsen said.

Local mural artist Jodi Roberts used a projector to help create murals of movie and television characters in the parent observation room and private birthday party area. Roberts has been painting murals for nine years and is the owner of Off The Wall Painting.

According to a news announcement, she's painted murals there before and is pleased to be part of the makeover.