
Sixteen of the 24 elementary schools in the Arlington Public Schools district will have the expanded zones. The district’s buses can only carry 11 students at a time due to social distancing guidelines.
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The IoT and routing software suppliers launch an integrated solution designed to help track ridership, plan routes that support social distancing, and share real-time updates with parents.
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All elementary school students in the U.S.’s largest city can now return to campus. The city is running its full fleet of 10,000 school buses.
Read More →The National School Transportation Association's president emphasizes the importance of in-person instruction and urges pupil transporters to remind parents that the yellow bus continues to be the safest form of transportation for students.
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NAPT ACTS! is the school transportation component of a streaming service that the association has created with the Center for Effective School Operations.
Read More →Although school administrators are required to notify parents and staff members when their school becomes a site of infection, they do not have to let school bus companies know about confirmed student cases.
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Expanding Wi-Fi access and delivering meals are valuable ways to keep buses running as many districts stick to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elkhart (Ind.) Community Schools partners with mobile technology supplier MITO Corp. and the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Civic Innovation to install Wi-Fi on 25 of its buses.
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Intensified procedures at districts in Vermont, Illinois, and Ohio, include more cleaning time, spraying and fogging, and student temperature checks done by monitors. One district has installed temperature scanning devices on all buses.
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Whether plans are on the horizon or buses are on the road, four districts detail their procedures for issues such as routing, social distancing, enforcing mask wearing, and cleaning schedules.
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