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Poquoson staff propose bus stop‑arm cameras and parent tracking app; board raises enforcement and vendor questions
Summary
Operations staff presented plans to equip buses with stop‑arm cameras through a vendor program (Bus Patrol) and to trial a parent bus-tracking app. Board members asked for details on vendor selection, staff workload, revenue handling, law‑enforcement roles and alternative technologies; no contract or MOU was approved at the meeting.
Poquoson City Public Schools operations staff briefed the board on two transportation initiatives on May 20: a proposed stop‑arm camera program run by a private vendor and a trial rollout of a parent-facing bus-tracking app.
Mister Roberts, an operations presenter, said the city council recently passed an ordinance that clears the way for school divisions to seek board approval to use stop‑arm cameras and that the district has been working with a vendor called Bus Patrol. "Bus Patrol is the current vendor PCPS has been working with for information and options to provide the stop arm cameras along with additional bus cameras to enhance overall bus safety," Roberts said. He described a revenue-share model in which…
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