martin@hevanet.com

Yes, the dollars make it clear that this was an April Fools joke, but
just for the record: this wouldn't be the first high school "track"
cycling program in America. The Northbrook track is located at a high
school and a few other velodromes have become intrinsic parts of
college programs.

In Canada, the old China Creek velodrome in Vancouver, B.C. had school
programs using the facility daily (all day) as a normal part of their
PE program. The skirt there was very large with painted lanes and a
gentle transition up to the 48-degree banking in the turns so that
kids could pick their lane from 0-degrees up through steeper levels.

40 years ago, my high school and several others in the SF Bay Area had
competitive "road" teams that could have challenged most of today's
collegiate squads.

Sorry this was a joke because it would be great to see track at more
schools.

Dave
Martin