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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In order to fix the issue with the buses - they would have to buy engine block heaters.  That's a pretty sizable expense and it doesn't make sense to buy equipment like that for the buses for something that happens once every 4 or 5 years.  Suck it up and deal with the kids being off school for a day.[/quote]

ASE recommends block heaters when the ambient temperature is below -25F.  It just doesn't get that cold around here.

The "buses won't start" is a re-direction, and a poor one at that, they start in DC weather unless maintenance (particularly of the batteries) is below par.

I maintain a fleet of revenue buses, they start every morning.[/quote]

It might be poor maintenance, I don't know.  Fairfax has 1600 buses and 80 mechanics.  Anyway, school buses in Fairfax and all around the country have issues with starting in cold weather, for whatever reason.  Parents gripe about it all over the internet.

http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/08/ready-to-roll-fast-facts-on-fairfax-co-school-buses/slide/1/[/quote]

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