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Transportation director details new driver tablets and family bus-tracking to improve student safety
Summary
Saint Vrain Valley Schools' transportation director reported on ridership, fleet fuel choices and a new tablet and family app that shows student scans and ETAs, saying the tools are being rolled out districtwide to improve safety and on-time performance.
Lance Yockseimer, the district's executive director of transportation, told the St. Vrain Valley Schools Board of Education on Feb. 25 that the department is rolling out driver tablets and a family-facing app intended to improve student safety and arrival times.
Yockseimer said the district's buses travel about 2,000,000 miles a year and serve roughly 6,000 riders on an average day. "When they scan on the bus, the tablet will pop up with their picture and their information," he said, explaining the tablet interface shows…
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