Back to School; Safely
As kids head back to the classroom this year, many parents feel increasingly concerned about their child’s safety. In the classroom, one might have cameras, school guards, or officers, but making sure your child is safe on the school bus is another matter.
School bus GPS tracking is a fairly new technology, being increasingly adopted by public school districts, and private schools. This technology allows school districts to understand where every bus in their fleet is, monitor bus driver safety and driving habits, ensure the drivers are within the speed limit and operating safely, and make sure that vehicles are secure after hours.
On the parental and student side of this technology, parents and students can view bus locations via mobile app, cutting down on the number of times children need to stand in dark or cold outside conditions waiting for the bus. School bus GPS trackers can be viewed not only by school officials but also by families, making sure that parents and guardians understand where their kids are and know that their children have made it to school safely.
But this technology doesn’t stop with a GPS tracker on the bus itself. Other technologies can integrate with the GPS tracker, including chips on student IDs or passes, to give parents and teachers a real-time look at where each student is. This is incredibly helpful in keeping every student safe, and ensuring that special needs children are not neglected, left behind, or missed during any part of the transport.
Students enrolled in such programs would scan an ID or a card as they enter and exit the bus, and as they enter and exit their school building. This data can link back to the GPS tracking app, allowing school officials and parents to see where a child is at any given time. It’s an incredibly thorough, precise way of tracking student movements and ensuring the safety and safe location of each child.
School bus GPS tracking can also integrate with school bus security cameras and school security cameras, giving parents and teachers full access both visual and positional to student data. Such integrated systems are becoming more widespread, and while not all systems currently allow parents to view bus and school footage, as parents’ security and safety concerns grow, it is likely that we will see more integration of these systems on more parent phones.
The integration of all of this data allows parents and guardians to understand where their kids are, and allows families’ morning routines to go smoother. If you know exactly when the bus is arriving, you can get your child outside in a timely manner, and not waste time leaving the house too early or wasting time by missing the bus entirely.
This exciting new technology is coming to more and more school systems and has the ability to radically streamline and grow student safety and security measures. It’s a useful tool for teachers, parents, guardians, and students looking to save time, and stay safe and accounted for.
If your public school system or private school does not yet incorporate school bus tracking technology, why not inquire as to whether this system could be used on your school’s busses? It would increase your peace of mind, save you and your child time, and allow you both to plan your mornings with greater ease.