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Trustees press for e-bike and scooter policy after safety incidents; staff point to Safe Routes and enforcement
Summary
A trustee raised repeated near-miss incidents involving e-bikes and scooters and a separate bus drop-off close call; district staff said they are coordinating with Safe Routes to School and Windsor Police and recommended joint enforcement and parent notification.
Trustees discussed e-bike and e-scooter safety at the Oct. 16 board meeting after one trustee described multiple close calls involving students riding battery-assisted bikes and scooters to school, and a hazardous bus drop-off incident without a stop-arm or staff oversight.
The board member who raised the issue said he had recorded three near-miss incidents in two months and urged an immediate policy limiting e-bikes and scooters at middle-school campuses; he recommended allowing e-bikes only at high school for riders 16 and older with helmets. He described…
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