Phone app allows parents to track kids, buses in real time

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     (AP) – A new cellphone app allows parents of bus riders in one

Arkansas school district to track their children in real time to ensure they

make it to and from school safely.

     Thirty-two buses in the Texarkana School District’s fleet were outfitted last

week with the Zonar tracking system, which tells parents when buses pick up and

drop off their children.

     The device also allows school officials to set bus routes and monitor them for

fuel efficiency.

     School officials say the system could be ready by January, after employees are

trained and students issued key cards they scan as they board the bus.

     The Texarkana Gazette reports the district purchased the system in September

for nearly $29,000 for the first year and around $21,000 annually for the

following three years.




   

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