By tracking student ridership and attendance, parents get peace of mind knowing their child has boarded the right bus and arrived safely at school, and schools can keep track of where students are for safety and attendance purposes.
“Oh no! I got on the wrong bus I think!.” Joe had heard this too many times to count throughout his years as a school bus driver. The student would walk to the front of the bus to see what Joe could do to help, and Joe would tell him or her he would have to deliver him back to the school, where he could call a parent to pick him up.
Today, that confusion and inconvenience is all behind them. The second a student scans their RFID student tag when boarding or disembarking the bus, an alert pops up for Joe on his onboard tablet, which is integrated into Busology Tech’s GPS and routing systems. This tells him if the student is on the right bus and is getting on and off at the right stop.
The student tracking system the school bus transportation company and schools implemented last year had changed the game for school bus drivers. Joe’s job was a lot less stressful and a lot more enjoyable. Most importantly, students were safely at the right place at the right time.
Jamie works in the school office. He keeps track of attendance records to ensure each child is present. It’s his responsibility to make sure that students registered for school bus transportation arrive on time. If they don’t, he needs to find out why.
This used to be a completely manual process that involved a number of phone calls to find out where the student was. The worst part was it led to parent panic, most of the time unnecessarily.
With the new Busology solution the school has implemented, Jamie is able to track not only the school buses, but if a child is not in attendance, whether they boarded and disembarked the school bus. This way, situations are resolved quickly and minds can rest easy.
Sally works until 5 p.m. at her job downtown, while her home, and her children’s school, are about half an hour away in a quiet suburb. Sally often wishes she could be home when the kids get off the bus at the end of the day, but they have worked out a system together. The kids call her as soon as they are in the house, after disembarking from the school bus. They know she worries if she does not hear from them.
Today is one of the days she might have worried in the past. No call from the kids and it’s already 4 p.m. They got off the bus 15 minutes ago. Sally calls her daughter, drumming her fingers on her desk, beginning to get impatient. She already knows they got on and off the bus after school, because the Parent App the school recommended sent her an alert as soon as they disembarked. This put her mind at ease of course, but not her patience with her daughter not answering her phone!
100%! With the Student Ridership and Attendance solution, the school can quickly tell if your child boarded the bus and disembarked at the school as planned. You will have answers within moments.
Learn how a single vendor approach results in smooth integration with “plug and play” ease in the West Fargo School District.
Learn how the Parent App impacts security, reliability, and efficiency at this school district.
Learn how the implementation of Busology Tech’s GPS tracking solution allowed this school district to gain significant efficiencies and better communicate with parents.
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