Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if it's "too cold" to go to school, how is it not "too cold" for day camp?

Am I the only one bothered by this hypocrisy?

Because day camp does not involve waiting at a bus stop, in wind chill, for a bus that may not show up.

WTF is a day camp?

Karate places have day camp on days school is closed so do a bunch of other places. It is basically word of mouth if your kids belongs to these places for extracurriculars after school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today's closure is about the cold, not the roads. Making sure they have time to get the buses all started and working. Minimizing the amount of time that kids are standing in dangerously frigid weather waiting for buses.

School systems did the same thing last year once or twice, if I recall correctly.

My MoCo co-workers, who continually shake their heads at the idiocy of FCPS policy, said their buses were fine this morning. Psst, FCPS--this is NORTH of you. The cold snap was not a surprise in the least. Start the buses at 3 a.m. if you have to. There's absolutely no excuse for this late-breaking closure.

Again MoCo does not have the number of buses FCPS has. This was ALL discussed last year as well.

It's not so much that the buses won't start though.

Our bus driver told us yesterday is the air brakes that freeze and won't respond when applied. That, obviously, is dangerous and a main reason there are problems.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most here complained when Loudoun called it last night. Admit that there is no winning.

I doubt any Fairfax parents were complaining, just as I doubt any Loudoun parents care what's going on with Fairfax today.

You need a little work with logic.

Anonymous[b wrote:]I think part of the problem is that students are not allowed to wear bulky jackets. [/b]So they're left wearing thin layers that may not protect them from the cold. In this weather they wouldn't survive 10 minutes at the bus stop.

Says who?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if it's "too cold" to go to school, how is it not "too cold" for day camp?

Am I the only one bothered by this hypocrisy?

Because day camp does not involve waiting at a bus stop, in wind chill, for a bus that may not show up.

WTF is a day camp?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem is that students are not allowed to wear bulky jackets. So they're left wearing thin layers that may not protect them from the cold. In this weather they wouldn't survive 10 minutes at the bus stop.

What school system prohibits kids from wearing bulky jackets??

Seriously this is the dumbest not real reason I have heard yet.

Anonymous wrote:I think part of the problem is that students are not allowed to wear bulky jackets. So they're left wearing thin layers that may not protect them from the cold. In this weather they wouldn't survive 10 minutes at the bus stop.

What school system prohibits kids from wearing bulky jackets??

Anonymous wrote:Most here complained when Loudoun called it last night. Admit that there is no winning.

I doubt any Fairfax parents were complaining, just as I doubt any Loudoun parents care what's going on with Fairfax today.

Most here complained when Loudoun called it last night. Admit that there is no winning.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS buses are parked all over the county, not in one or two designated locations. This makes them difficult to service on a day like today.

Budget. Deferred upgrades have lead to an aging fleet.

A) FCPS obviously knew they wouldn't start today. Because they didn't start on identical days last year. Buses do not improve with age. So make the call the night before, which is all most of us are complaining about.

B) Malfunctioning buses are one of the highest-priority issues I can imagine for a large school system. FCPS needs to cut **from within** their own bloated ranks and get them fixed. And when I say "ranks," I don't mean teachers.

FCPS has loads of buses and they are old. They do not reliably start in 0 temps. Adding $$ to the budget for new buses has not been a priority.

We are at Tysons. It is weirdly empty for no school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today's closure is about the cold, not the roads. Making sure they have time to get the buses all started and working. Minimizing the amount of time that kids are standing in dangerously frigid weather waiting for buses.

School systems did the same thing last year once or twice, if I recall correctly.

My MoCo co-workers, who continually shake their heads at the idiocy of FCPS policy, said their buses were fine this morning. Psst, FCPS--this is NORTH of you. The cold snap was not a surprise in the least. Start the buses at 3 a.m. if you have to. There's absolutely no excuse for this late-breaking closure.

I couldn't agree more.

FCPS buses are parked all over the county, not in one or two designated locations. This makes them difficult to service on a day like today.

Budget. Deferred upgrades have lead to an aging fleet.