At Steve's request I'll start October off with a cranky "gloom and doom" post. After all, I haven't done one since I detailed the horrors of ice cream.
Hard as it may be to believe (or not), a school district in New York state has a policy that doesn't allow students to walk or ride their bicycles to school. Some middle school students have started a campaign of civil disobedience and say this policy will not stand. No wonder there's an epidemic of childhood obesity.
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Hey! That's my hometown paper! I grew up just south of Saratoga Springs. Actually, the policy is the same here in good ole Edgewood, NM - my kids went to Rt 66 Elementary where you could neither ride or walk to school. However, my daughter took it upon her self to ride school nearly everyday during the spring of 6th grade. She's a sophomore now and continues to kick serious ass!
Paul
Now Newt has come out against the no riding to school policy:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=850757
Paul
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