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and weather permitting windows and roof vents will be opened to allow for additional airflow and ventilation throughout buses. Drivers will also spray disinfecting solution and wipe
down seats, handrails and high-touch areas after each run or as frequently as possible. In addition, buses and vehicles will be fogged with disinfecting solution follow- ing afternoon routes. “CFISD purchased the [Zonar] system in 2015 and has been successful with the program since that time,” said Smith. “Each school bus is equipped with a card read- er. As students enter and exit the bus, they swipe their student ID in front of the card reader. The system then records the time, date and location of entry or exit. This data is transmitted to a secure database only accessible to Cy-Fair staff and transportation officials. Parents have the option to sign up to receive notifications when their child gets on or off the bus. The multipurpose student ID cards have also been bar-coded for students to quickly access their food service accounts for breakfast/lunch and for checking out books in the library.” Treker, another fleet technology platform, added
features to help school districts during the pandemic by creating “Ahead of the Curve,” a variation of the compa-
ny’s existing technology geared to the needs of contact tracing and screening to get fleets prepared for when they are used again. “We spent quite a bit of time and resources developing
new features that would help schools open more safely in the fall,” said Gina McDuffie, president of Treker. “Within our Ahead of the Curve initiative is a contact tracing report, so admins can easily and quickly run a report to identify any students who may have been exposed to a child who tested positive for COVID-19.” The solution includes facial recognition for a com-
pletely touchless check-in, when boarding the bus and for student tracking. Plus, the Health Pass app allows parents to track and share their child’s current health condition with school officials. Meanwhile, Safe Fleet rolled out contact tracing last
month. Justin Malcolm, the company’s director of prod- uct management, said it is a by-product of existing and integrated on-board video, vehicle and student tracking, routing information, and parent notifications. “The thing that makes us a little bit different is most suppliers are in one of three camps: GPS/AVL, routing and video,” he explained. “We are in all three of those. We are hoping to pull those things together in a more robust way.” ●
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