Balls, not bikes

(Democrat and Chronicle's print edition: "Blogatorial" section)
Gym classes in Penfield schools have added mountain biking to their curriculum. But bikes are expensive; each one costs a couple hundred dollars, and when we're talking about a large gym class, the dollars can easily add up.
My family pays over $10,000 each year in property taxes; 65% of that money goes to the Penfield school district. That's ridiculous; we have to pay over $6,500 to a school that I don't even go to!
Since you have our money, please don't waste it. Mountain bikes are definitely a waste.
I have a simple solution. It's called a ball. It's a round object that you can throw around, and you can use it to play lots of fun games. And it doesn't cost hundreds of dollars.
Who would have thought that a class as simple as gym could be made so complicated?