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Waunakee budget committee approves purchase of parent tracking app and enhanced bus cameras
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District budget committee approved purchasing a parent bus-tracking app and enhanced on-board cameras, using reallocated Zoom savings and other budget shifts. The committee discussed three paths: issue an RFP, district purchase, or have contractor Lamers invest and bill daily fees.
The Waunakee Community School District Budget Committee on April 8 approved buying a parent bus-tracking application and enhanced bus cameras, using Zoom savings and other reallocations to cover the first-year cost.
Committee members said the decision is intended to improve student supervision on buses and give principals faster access to footage when incidents occur. Dr. Brown (staff member) told the committee that the newer camera systems “would provide an opportunity for our principals to have additional tool, 1 additional tool in their toolkit,” and that the district’s current cameras often cannot show what is happening inside seats.
The nut of the decision: the committee moved to use existing budget savings (including the roughly $18,000 saved after eliminating paid Zoom) and other reallocations to purchase a parent-tracking app (cost described in the meeting as under…
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