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District outlines bus-tracking pilot using RFID badges and parent app
Summary
District transportation staff described a MyRide K‑12 pilot that uses GPS and RFID badges to track student boarding and provide parents real-time bus information; trustees pressed staff for detailed cost, privacy and replacement-badge plans.
District transportation staff presented MyRide K‑12, a GPS- and RFID-based system the district intends to pilot at a small number of elementary schools before expanding to middle and high schools.
The presenter described core functions: RFID readers that allow students to swipe on and off buses, a mobile app for parents showing estimated arrival times and bus paths, and back-end routing that the district already uses…
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