Close or delay for cold?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do we think tomorrow will delay to due to the same weather?

No. This was a one time thing.

Why do you think that? Its a thing based on weather, so presumably would be the same for the same weather?

Stop with the logic. These decisions are not logical. They looked bad today delaying 2 hours and will not do it again tomorrow.

They… really don’t. That decision was in line with every other large district in this area.

Why does the size of the district matter on this topic if we closed because it's cold? I don't get it. Buses start or they don't. Kids are able to be outside in the cold or they're not.

Loudoun and MG County got more snow than us based on where they sit in the region.

It is easy to GOOGLE! Strictly going on the SIZE of the bus fleet due to the SIZE of the district and NUMBER of kids using transportation.
FCPS has a fleet of 1630+ school buses.Diesel power non heat block and About 50 of 1630 are electric, the fleet is the second largest school bus fleet in the country(New York city is largest) For perspective Greyhound has just over 1700 busses.

This is predicated on the idea the FCPS buses couldn't start this morning. If there is some percentage failure rate as you seem to think there would be at these temperatures (based on zero evidence this occurred by the way), ACPS and APS would experience this as well and it would impact some similar percentage of their student body, bus drivers, bus mechanics or personnel tasked with supporting buses.

It would make sense if you told me FCPS uses different buses than everyone else.

Well, Arlington & Alexandria are both delayed tomorrow, so maybe they learned some lessons about buses the hard way today?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

[Anonymous]

So happy about the delay. My HS kid has been so stressed with all the end of quarter work and now they can sleep in!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

DP. Our middle school bus comes at 6:40

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

DP. Our middle school bus comes at 6:40

And they're probably not walking a mile to get to the bus stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

Sunrise is at 7:22am tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do we think tomorrow will delay to due to the same weather?

No. This was a one time thing.

Why do you think that? Its a thing based on weather, so presumably would be the same for the same weather?

Stop with the logic. These decisions are not logical. They looked bad today delaying 2 hours and will not do it again tomorrow.

They… really don’t. That decision was in line with every other large district in this area.

Why does the size of the district matter on this topic if we closed because it's cold? I don't get it. Buses start or they don't. Kids are able to be outside in the cold or they're not.

Loudoun and MG County got more snow than us based on where they sit in the region.

It is easy to GOOGLE! Strictly going on the SIZE of the bus fleet due to the SIZE of the district and NUMBER of kids using transportation.
FCPS has a fleet of 1630+ school buses.Diesel power non heat block and About 50 of 1630 are electric, the fleet is the second largest school bus fleet in the country(New York city is largest) For perspective Greyhound has just over 1700 busses.

This is predicated on the idea the FCPS buses couldn't start this morning. If there is some percentage failure rate as you seem to think there would be at these temperatures (based on zero evidence this occurred by the way), ACPS and APS would experience this as well and it would impact some similar percentage of their student body, bus drivers, bus mechanics or personnel tasked with supporting buses.

It would make sense if you told me FCPS uses different buses than everyone else.

Well, Arlington & Alexandria are both delayed tomorrow, so maybe they learned some lessons about buses the hard way today?

😁

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

DP. Our middle school bus comes at 6:40

And they're probably not walking a mile to get to the bus stop.

Our bus comes at 6:25 and the stop is around .6 -.7 mile, it takes around 10 minutes

[Anonymous]

The whiners who chose to believe this wouldn’t happen despite literally all evidence showing it would must hate that Alexandria and Arlington also delayed today. Every district in the area is delayed for this weather but some FCPS parents believe they uniquely should not be affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

Sunrise is at 7:22am tomorrow.

It gets light outside before sunrise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

Sunrise is at 7:22am tomorrow.

It gets light outside before sunrise.

Doesn’t matter. We are still delayed. Deal with it. Haha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous

I agree. I work in a different local district but live in FCPS. My kids are thrilled for the delay but now it’s a pain. My school is on time. Really, there were no issues with students and staff getting to school on time today. It’s not much better 2 hours later. Please don’t bring up middle school and the dark. I have a middle schooler and don’t understand this delay for them either.

middle schooler has to walk 1 mile in the darkness. There is still ice on the sidewalks. The 2 hours delay is very helpful.

Why would they be walking in the dark? It's pretty light out by 7am.

They are out at 6am. It’s dark. They are at school at 7am. Get with the program.