Transportation director reports bus badging tracked three missing/ misplaced students; district to add 2023 transit vehicle
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Transportation Director Marcy Hannigan reported the district’s new student bus badging system helped locate students who missed stops or boarded wrong buses; the department also plans to add a 2023 transit vehicle with 54,000 miles and modern safety features.
Marcy Hannigan, the district’s director of transportation, told the board the new bus badging system is already delivering safety and operational benefits.
Hannigan recounted three recent incidents resolved after reviewing badge logs: a student who had badged onto the wrong bus and was reunited with family after staff contacted the driver; a student who fell asleep on the bus and was located because the badge showed he had not de‑badged; and a student who got off at a park, whose location was determined and who was found safe. "Right away we can say, hey, we know where your student is. Everything is good," Hannigan said.
Hannigan also reported the district located and intends to acquire a 2023 transit vehicle that will be added to the fleet. She said the vehicle shows about 54,000 miles and includes features the district considers beneficial for drivers: rain‑sensing windshield wipers, automatic high beams and lane‑departure systems. The district expects to take delivery after a tire replacement and final checks.
Board members praised transportation staff for the improvements. A board member noted that adding five minutes to departure times earlier this year has eased driver stress and improved on‑time performance. Hannigan said the extra time "has been a huge bonus for the drivers."
Provenance (selected transcript excerpts supporting this article): "...the badging on is going very, very, very well ... we were able to determine what bus he had badged onto and then, you know, reach out to the driver and the student was taken home safely." (start ~1857.21) "It is a 2023. It's white. It has 54,000 miles on it ... It has the rain sensing windshield wiper. It has the automatic...the lights will go to high beams automatically, and then the lane depart departure." (start ~1946.975)
Speakers (names and roles as identified in transcript):[{"name":"Marcy Hannigan","role_title":"Director of Transportation","affiliation_type":"government"},{"name":"Board member (unnamed)","role_title":"Board member","affiliation_type":"government"}]
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Topics and justification: transportation_safety — badging system demonstrably aided student tracking and safety; fleet update affects operations and budgets.
Searchable tags:["transportation","badging","fleet","student_safety","transit_vehicle"]