It did seem excessive to drain the pool
I offered to scoop out the offending article, suggesting an extra scoot of chlorine should do the trick.
Apparently protocol is to drain the pool completely as poo has the potential of carrying all sorts of nasty diseases.
First offence is "on the house", however this particular boy had done it before. He was banned from that pool and the school was billed for the £300ish it supposedly cost to drain / clean / refill the pool.

*edit* I've never put my face in the water since then - adopting instead the "old lady with a blue-rinse" style of BREAST stroke....
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