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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do we think tomorrow will delay to due to the same weather?[/quote]

No. This was a one time thing. [/quote]

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

Stop with the logic.  These decisions are not logical.  They looked bad today delaying 2 hours and will not do it again tomorrow.[/quote]
They… really don’t. That decision was in line with every other large district in this area. [/quote]

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.[/quote]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]No idea what kind of Buses APS and ACPS use.nor how old they are Only that there are far fewer and less students use over a smaller area than fcps. Also no idea how many technicians each district has for repairs.[/quote]

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