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“It would be really awesome to have audible commands for the drivers, as long as the system would work reliably in our very rural district.”


— Lena Galloway, Director of Transportation Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 in Cortez, Colorado


the Montezuma-Cortez School District, said equipping school buses with tablets ultimate- ly depends on bus driver preference, but she added that she does worry about distraction. “We try to teach safety, but if they are already staring in the mirror trying to catch some kid doing something wrong, they don’t need another screen to look in,” she said, but added, “It would be really awesome to have audible commands for the drivers, as long as the system would work reliably in our very rural district.” Still the technology is a bit of a pipe dream


for her. “We don’t have the budget for much technology,” she commented. Te STN survey revealed that budget con-


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cerns are the main reason cited by districts for not installing more technology in their fleets. Many respondents stated that they were lucky to simply keep the transportation department running, much less purchase items like student tracking technology. How- ever, more than 77 percent said they do use video to monitor bus routes. As far as student tracking applications, 82 percent said they have yet to promote the technology to their district administrations. Tyler’s Kepler said not adopting technol- ogy can be even more expensive to districts in the longrun. “Tere was an accident earlier this year when a seasoned driver turned to ask the students, ‘Does anyone get off at this next stop?’ Te result was an accident leaving the school bus on its side in a ditch,” she shared. “By simply displaying the number of students getting off at the next stop on the tablet it helps to prevent such accidents from happening. It’s easy to conclude that onboard tablet computers not only increase student safety (but) they are the undeniable future.” ●


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