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“With the tablets, and anything that takes the driver’s attention off the road, I’m waiting to see what other districts say is the good, the bad and the ugly.”
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—Shannon Evans, Exec, Dir. of Transportation for Clark County School District in Las Vegas
technology such as Radio Frequency Identification Cards (RFID) prevent students from disembarking at a location that isn’t their assigned stop, especially when a substitute driver is at the wheel. One bonus of having ridership data readily available is that it may eliminate those situations where the driver didn’t know there was a sleeping student left on board, said Zonar’s Mest. Automated student attendance reports can also result in higher
state reimbursements to districts. Another benefit of analyzing rid- ership data is that routes can be managed more efficiently, reduc- ing the number of buses needed, optimizing student ride times, and overall reducing operating costs. With a feature like Zonar’s ZPass+, said Mest, parents can sign up for alerts, and know exactly when and where their child was dropped off, giving them peace of mind, and reducing phone calls to the transportation department. Georgetown ISD in Texas uses similar RFID student tracking
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from Smart Tag. Students scan their badge on a tablet mounted in the bus, and the information is transmitted to the transpor- tation department as well as to parents via a secure portal so the children’s locations are always tracked. Smart Tag also provides parents with the location of the school bus and it can trigger a ‘SMART Alert’ text message that notifies them their child is 10 to 15 minutes from the bus stop. Transportation directors across the country have weighed in on what they think of all the new devices and technology available. “With the tablets, and anything that takes the driver’s attention off the road, I’m waiting to see what other districts say is the good, the bad and the ugly,” said Shannon Evans, execu- tive director of transportation for Clark County School District in Las Vegas. “Not that we don’t like to do pilot programs here, but with something that relates so closely to student safety, we’re looking to see what happens in other districts. But, I’d love to have student tracking and GPS.” Charles Brockner, head of transportation for Newfield Central School in upstate New York, said he thinks the technology shows promise, especially for substitute drivers. “It would be a tremendous help for the students to have an ID tag so they are automatically registered and to have the route mapped out. Also, to have a valid source of backup for us when people call to com- plain.” he explained. “One thing I do worry about, though, is that if there were backup cameras, the driver still might not get out of the bus to check because they’d rely on the camera.” In Colorado, Lena Galloway, director of transportation for
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