What was fcps thinking
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Anonymous
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Look how many busses will not start
https://busdelay.fcps.edu/ |
Anonymous
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It has to do with fuel choices. Sucks today, but may be the right decision with our normally balmy climate.
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Anonymous
| I can't get the page to open. Are there a lot? |
Anonymous
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Well over 50 bus delays, mostly breakdowns. Kids waiting such a long time in the cold.
I wish today was a teacher workday and we went back on Wednesday. Would have been willing to be in school until 12/20 to go back later after new years |
Anonymous
Looks like about 85 or so. |
Anonymous
| Currently 86 buses |
Anonymous
According to Wikipedia,FCPS has 1520 buses. So 86 is 5.6% of the fleet. That means that 94% of the buses did fine. They made the correct choice. |
Anonymous
Wow! I drove my kid to the bus stop so I could take him in if there was a delay. Fortunately the bus came on time. There was a freshman who came up in a hoodie only, no gloves or hat. Made me happy my kid is no longer a middle schooler or freshman. He no longer cares about being too cool to bundle up. He opened the front door, came back for a coat, then asked for my gloves in the car. Baby steps, lol. |
Anonymous
It seems like a lot of the busses listed as delayed are middle school busses that pick up before 7:00 AM. I wonder if the list will grow as the busses make their second run for the elementary kids. |
Anonymous
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My high schooler's bus isn't listed, but he waited 20 to 25 minutes and it didn't show.
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Anonymous
| My ds takes an FCPS bus to a special ed school that shares a bus stop and pickup time with another middle school. There was a poor kid standing out there in just a sweatshirt 30 minutes after the normal pick up time! |
Anonymous
It is a snowball effect. My kid was monitoring the website, and he said one of our middle school busses seemed to break down mid route and was delayed half way through. |
Anonymous
ETA- I just checked the list and the 30-minutes-late bus route was not listed. That's not a complete list of delayed routes. |
Anonymous
They should have activated a text reminder to check the bus list instead of just emailing. It should also have included a reminder that if the bus is more than ten minutes later to call your parents/go back home. I am surprised that no parents were at the stop to make the kid get in the car and warm up. We usually have a neighborhood text chain where one parent will grab all the kids in cases like this. |
Anonymous
Plus on any given day you might have 30/40/50 delays anyways. |