The Newport-Mesa Unified School District is considering a proposal to ban students from riding e-bikes due to safety concerns.
The potential ban would affect all district kids except for high school students. Trustee Andrea McElroy supported the move while speaking about bike safety at a special Board of Education meeting last December. She said Kindergarten to sixth graders will be banned. Seventh graders and older will also be banned, but parents can sign paperwork to allow their kids to use e-bikes.
“I know there’s people coming from Costa Mesa, going to Newport schools, vice versa,” McElroy said. “They need it, but they have to take full responsibility for the child and it doesn’t fall on the school.”…