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Hardee schools launch two-week GPS pilot on 10 buses to test Where's the Bus app
Summary
The district is piloting the Where's the Bus GPS system on 10 buses for two weeks to evaluate rural coverage and features such as student barcode scans; installation cost was cited from another district at roughly $23,000–$27,000 installed, recurring fees and routing integration not yet decided.
The Hardee County School Board heard a presentation Aug. 28 on a two-week pilot of the Where's the Bus GPS system that is currently installed on 10 district buses. Tammy Pohl, who introduced the demonstration, said the pilot is intended to test GPS performance in rural parts of the county and to evaluate parent and staff access to real-time bus locations and student boarding logs.
"We currently have 10 buses that…
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