First Morning Bus Delays in Fairfax Public Schools
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14 responses to “First Morning Bus Delays in Fairfax Public Schools”
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From my experience driving kids to school, the first days of a school year usually see snarled traffic. Of course, parents were driving cars, not buses. I expect there is a learning curve, and Fairfax performance will improve. The biggest question, which you have already addressed, is how long and how acute will the shortage of bus drivers be?
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I am certainly going to give FCPS a chance to manage their way out of this. If they get it under control, we will see it in the daily late sheets.
Between the Fairfax County tax base and the ocean of federal COVID funds that went to the schools, they can do whatever it takes. It will be interesting to see what “whatever it takes” turns out to mean.
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As I recall, during the 2019-20 (last few months) and the entire 2020-21 school years, FCPS paid its bus drivers to drive empty buses to stay in practice and keep certifications current. While it sounds wasteful, one could justify the decision given that it’s often difficult to hire qualified bus drivers. My question is: So what happened?
One expects a few glitches at the start of any school year. But if they kept drivers paid and current on their certifications, the glitches should be fixed quite soon.
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I read yesterday that bus drivers in Fairfax County make $19.58 per hour. However, I assume that for fewer than 40 hours per week. How does that compare to federal and state unemployment?
For the past 15 months I’ve seen very, very few school buses on the road. Today they were everywhere. I don’t think all the drivers were driving all the routes during COVID.
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You are right. School bus drivers, paid by the hour, do not work 40 hours a week.
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I picked this one so that Larry isn’t troubled by my source.
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No surprise on Langley. The river of Maryland commuters coming across the American Legion Bridge for work in Tysons or, increasingly, Loudoun County snarls traffic. Langley High School – the physical building – is far from the center of the geographic area from whence its students are drawn.
The more I see the stunning number of Maryland license plates coming into Virginia in the morning the more I think we should end our tax treaty with Maryland. Commuters should pay their income taxes where they earn their income, not where they live.
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Fairfax County Public Schools are right to discourage parents from driving their children to school. The last thing we need is more cars on the roads.
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Would it not be nice if they carpooled?
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So what are the limits on the number of kids allowed per bus? If buses are only allowed to operate at 25% capacity, delays will continue for ever. Also considering that kids especially gang members have carte blanche on the buses many drivers don’t want to put up with the hassle of personal injury.
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I noticed many high schools are permitting students to drive to school. 200 hundred dollar parking pass required. They bring in a good haul every year.
That is at my old school and some others around it.-
Schools should end that practice. I bet the kids driving cars to school are overwhelmingly white and thus are espousing white privileged.
Besides the extra parking lot blacktop and fossil fuels add to global warming which is an existential threat to human civilization only surpassed by white supremacists.
All Hail Xiden!-
Don’t forget that one kid at Briar Woods with the Masarati. He always would double park so his nice ride would not get scratched. Double privilege!
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There’s only one solution – make kids go to school at night…
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