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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The buses can't start[/b] in 12 degree weather, folks! Sorry of thia was already repeated in the earlier threads. It's becoming monotonous and draining to keep having these same conversations everytime there is a grain of precipitation on the ground or a middle finger length of uncertainty in daily school operations. #my2cents[/quote]

No one cares about the buses except parents of kids standing around in 18 degrees. The ones who don't understand why schools can't start on time bought their 2026 SUV with a red bow and they were looking to show it off at Larax's school tomorrow before heading to work. Now they can't show off the new toy because Larlax will walk to school while they are at work already. [/quote]

You know schools start on-time in other parts of the country at much colder temperatures, right? The buses start, the kids don't freeze to death, and the parents don't have the kind of jobs to buy a fancy SUV (not that they help much with the snow or cold anyway).[/quote]

Vehicles in places where it get super cold are built differently.  They have additives in their gas, different oil and devices that keep the battery warm.  I grew up in Canada and we plugged the electric blanket on the battery in our car in every night in the winter.

Plus there can be other features, like covered parking, or even indoor parking for buses, and systems that let buses remote start.

I'm not saying that 12 is the cut off, but there are definitely factors that go into whether the bus starts.[/quote]

You aren't saying anything but nonsense as far as MCPS is concerned. The buses will be just fine in the morning. [/quote]

Its freezing, which can mean black ice.  Some of the busses don't start easily, especially the electric ones and bus drivers have to go super early and what about their safety to warm up the busses to even get them to run.  [/quote]

There can be ice whenever it is below freezing. There isn't much on roads today, but sure, there's some. Surely you agree it would be unreasonable to close schools anytime it is below freezing.

And no, it wasn't cold enough to create problems with buses. Nor did the delay lead to warmer temperatures when they got the buses ready.[/quote]

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