For families living in the neighborhoods around Bixby East Elementary, using a golf cart to drop off and pick up their kids has long been part of the routine, easing traffic and congestion in the process. But now, those same families say they’re caught in a confusing dispute over whether the carts are even allowed.
“We’ve never had any issues like this before, and it feels like we’re being singled out,” Ashley Squance, a Bixby East parent said.
The situation changed recently after Oklahoma Highway Patrol told the district it would start patrolling the area for golf carts not approved by city ordinance. The problem for parents is figuring out which ordinance, if any, applies to them…