PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County school administrators are looking at changing the code of conduct to address safety and storage issues with students’ electric bikes and scooters.
“We started seeing kids bringing them to school and the question became, ‘What do I do? Where do I store it?’” said Superintendent DyWayne Hinds.
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The school district is updating its code of conduct for the coming school year to require students to leave the scooters or bikes outside.
Hinds said the concern comes because of the lithium-ion batteries which can be prone to catching on fire…