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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2016

4 App Suppliers Join Transfinder’s Marketplace

The companies — SafeStop Inc., Synovia Solutions, Treker, and Zonar — provide apps that help parents find information about their children's bus routes, stops, and arrival times.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 23, 2016

Texas District Equips School Buses With Wi-Fi

At Huntsville Independent School District, students can use their Chromebooks to access their textbooks and homework on the bus.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 2, 2016

Q&A: App Exec Talks Data Solutions for School Transportation

Patrick Gallagher, SafeStop’s director of sales, shares how the company’s app has increased communication between school districts and parents. Gallagher also foresees more data access as a potential solution to bus driver shortage.

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Newsby StaffJune 14, 2016

Zonar, NSTA Offer Grant for School Bus Contractors

The 2016 Don Carnahan Memorial Grant Program will provide up to $50,000 to contractors for school bus technology hardware.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2016

Washington District Pilots Student Ridership Tracking System

Three schools in Clover Park School District will use Zonar’s Z Pass system through June 14. Based on the results, district officials will consider a districtwide student identification system.

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Newsby StaffApril 5, 2016

Virginia District Lets Parents Track School Bus Delays with Twitter

Chesterfield County Public Schools’ five area offices for transportation plan to tweet as soon as possible if a bus is running late by 15 minutes or more.

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School Bus Fleet BlogMarch 22, 2016

Why Student GPS Tracking Is in Demand

As statistics show, school buses are the safest way for children to get to school. But for parents, knowing that their kids are on the right bus is just as important.

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ArticlesFebruary 26, 2016

Beyond Compliance: Rewarding Safety Programs

Several voluntary safety program best practices would be worthy of inclusion in a beyond compliance program. NSTA encourages FMCSA to utilize the performance metrics of preventable accidents, non-preventable accidents and Department of Transportation reportable crashes when measuring all programs.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 4, 2016

Indiana district pilots school bus tracking app

Indianapolis Public Schools is using Here Comes the Bus, which lets parents track their child’s bus, on a few buses before rolling it out district-wide. A few other districts in the state piloted the app last year.

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ProductsFebruary 1, 2016

Customizable dashboard

Viewfinder is designed to help school transportation operators easily monitor day-to-day operations, providing access to updates on trips, field trips, vehicles, students and staff from any device, company officials said.

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