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It says here they vary from two to four runs in and out of schools.

Question: I see buses all the time with only a few children on them. What are they doing?

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/tran/faq/

Answer: Fairfax County Public Schools' buses make two to four runs into and out of schools each day. We currently carry over 110,000 students to school and bring them home daily. On the majority of these runs, FCPS buses achieve a load factor of more than 60%. However, there are exceptions.

Several high schools have boundaries that stretch from the western to the eastern part of Fairfax County. For example, Langley and Oakton High Schools have boundaries stretching from Loudoun County to McLean and Fair Oaks. Robinson, Lake Braddock, South County, and Hayfield also have large boundaries that extend bus runs in miles and time resulting in less than capacity loads.

FCPS has many special programs that require that students be transported considerable distances, sometimes across the entire county. When transporting students to these special programs, the time length of the run usually makes it impossible to fully utilize the capacity of the bus. Sometimes, however, as the bus travels within the school's attendance boundary it will stop and pick up additional students. Examples of these special programs include special education, magnet schools, gifted and talented programs, alternative programs and schools, and academy programs. 
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