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Board weighs restricting class‑2 e‑bikes for K–8 campuses after safety briefing
Summary
District staff and Rockland PD outlined safety data and three policy options — status quo, restrict class‑2 e‑bikes for K–8 (allow class‑1), or ban all electric microtransportation for K–8 — and trustees signaled support for restricting class‑2 while asking staff and legal counsel to refine enforceable language for a December action item.
Associate Superintendent Marty Flowers and Rockland Police Chief Russ Banks briefed trustees on electric bike and scooter use at district campuses, presenting safety data, usage estimates and three possible policy approaches.
Flowers reported an on-campus daily inventory estimate of about 50–75 e-scooters and 200–225 e-bikes across campuses, and said officers’ data indicate a disproportionate share of collisions and risky riding behaviors involve e-bikes. Chief Banks described safety concerns: riding on sidewalks against traffic, speeding, multiple riders on…
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