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Board reviews transportation changes: single daily transportation address, routing software and new bus cameras
Summary
Hawkins County staff outlined plans to create a separate transportation-address field for bus riders, explained emergency drop-off procedures, and described new routing software and cloud-based bus cameras funded by deferring vehicle purchases.
Hawkins County school transportation staff told the Board of Education in February 2025 that the district will begin asking bus riders’ families to designate a single regular transportation address for each student and that the district is implementing routing software and upgraded digital cameras to improve safety and tracking.
District staff said the transportation address would be a separate field from a student’s primary home address and must fall within the school zone that the student attends. The change is intended to reduce day-to-day routing exceptions — staff described…
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