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New York Mom Fights Middle School That Banned Her Bike Rides With Son - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com: "A New York mother is fighting back against her school district after administrators and officials told her she and her son didn't have the right to bike to school together — and that his safety, even beyond school walls, was out of her hands."

The district can suggest safe ways of transport but can't prohibit.

"'The existing policy is worded in such a way that it may lead one to believe that we're prohibiting biking to school,' said Saratoga Springs superintendent Janice White.

The one-sentence clause in the school board handbook looks clear enough:

'The riding of bicycles by elementary pupils to and from school is prohibited.'"

What a typical bureaucrat -- Implying that something simple was misunderstood.