Help me understand why my kid's school doesn't ban illegal modes of transportation

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I'm really curious about my kid's schools messaging related to e-bikes and e-scooters. For context, we're in a wealthy suburban neighborhood in California. My kid attends a K-8 school, so the students are aged 5-14. The school just sent out a newsletter, with a note from the principal saying (paraphrasing) "as holiday season approaches, we know that electric scooters and bikes are coveted gifts! Make sure you familiarize yourself with the laws!" then the principal provided a link to a local police department website that states the laws, which include that you need to have a valid driver's license to operate either type of vehicle. So, no one under the age of 16 would be able to legally operate an e-bike or an e-scooter. No student at this school can legally operate either type of vehicle. Every day, I see many, many kids riding e-scooters and a few on e-bikes to school. They ride the vehicles onto campus and park them on school property. Why wouldn't the principal and/or school district just say "Electric scooters and bikes are not allowed to be ridden to school and/or parked on school property"? They already have a rule in place that you have to be in 2nd grade or older to ride a bike or skateboard to school. There's currently quite a bit of discourse in the community about kids riding these vehicles unsafely, and there have been a few accidents and trips to the hospital for injured kids. I just don't understand why the school stops short of banning these vehicles, because it seems that there is MORE liability by allowing it - by posting the police department's webpage they demonstrate awareness that it's illegal, by allowing kids to park these vehicles on school property implies that they're condoning the behavior. If a kid gets killed riding their e-bike to school, I can easily imagine a parent suing the school district for enabling and encouraging dangerous behavior. Please help me understand why the school wouldn't just make a rule that all student transportation has to follow the law - I'm coming up with no ideas at all!

Submitted December 08, 2025 at 10:06AM by Evening_Culture_42 https://ift.tt/lgyrNue