to the [police] officer on the scene showing that the driver of that truck crossed the yellow line into the bus’ lane.” Purvis said the district can engage and correct adverse
student and driver behavior using internal cameras. Claims against both parties are reviewed and investigated, he noted. “We have sent videos to school administrators before the bus even arrives for reports of student misconduct. We also use videos to train and debrief incidents with our drivers,” he said. Jim Ellis also sees perks to having cameras installed, in
Tech Super User: Jim Ellis Henrico County Public Schools in Virginia serves
an area of about 245 square miles using 600 buses. Jim Ellis, the director of transportation since 2020, spoke at STN EXPO East in Indianapolis on adding Wi-Fi to school buses. Henrico County is current- ly in the process of outfitting 50 buses with Wi-Fi hotspots. While 90 percent of the district’s routes are 30 minutes or less, internet service will be provided on specialty runs that transport students for upwards of an hour and a half. Read more about Ellis’ Wi-Fi adoption at
stnonline.com/go/k1. Plus, listen to him on Episode 199 of the School Transpor- tation Nation podcast at
stnpodcast.com.
addition to student ridership verification technology. Ellis, the director of transportation for Henrico County Public Schools in Virginia, explained that last school year the district piloted RFID cards with elementary students and this year will be expanding them throughout the school system. He said the RFID cards eliminate questions about what children rode the bus or what bus stop they got off at. Additionally, he said the Edulog technology suite allows drivers to better identify students because the tablets show the student’s picture and name. He added that tablets have been installed on buses for the past two years, but use cases have been expanding. What started as a way to provide driver directions is now an increased safety technology that tells drivers if students are getting off at the right stop. Henrico also has a parent app that eliminates parent phone calls asking where the bus is.
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