It is time to be back at school and if your child takes the school bus you know just how alert and on top of everything you need to be to make sure your child doesn’t miss the school bus a day in the entire school year. And what about the evenings? The wait at the bus stop to receive your little one can seem endless when the bus is even a few minutes late. It is time to avoid the panic, fear, and the hassles. We tell you how to use technology to allay your fears. Here are some of the best-in-the-market apps that can track your child’s school-bus to perfection and notify you regarding the exact location of the bus on the road. But parents, you need to make sure your school signs up for these apps to work! Most of these apps require the school to subscribe so you and the school can make sure your child reaches home safely.
Seeing the worried look on his parents’ face when he turned up late from school one day- Arjun, a class 10 student  decided to end his parents’ worries by designing an app that will let them track his school bus! One of the most simplest apps in the market – Locatera is an Android tri-app; with three versions- one for the parent, one for the bus attendant and one for the bus admin. It helps locate any bus on a map at real-time and locates every particular student. It also lets the admin or the parent get in touch with the attendant on the bus.
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An app that is compatible with Android and iOS, NorthStar is widely used by schools and parents. It helps you track your child’s school bus and notifies you of the impending arrival at pick up and drop off stops. Multiple alert features such as bus proximity, school messages and attendance can be received on your smartphone. Your child’s school should have registered with NorthStar before you can gain access to the app.
TrackSchoolBus has come up with 3 apps to monitor and ensure child safety. The parents app gives parents push notifications on Android and iOS phone regarding their child’s real time location and route and the attendance of their kid in the bus. The Transport Manager App lets the in-charge communicate with the driver, track the bus, and even arrange new pick up points. The Bus Attendant App helps the attendant or helper on board to mark error-free attendance, ensure and update safe pick and drop points and also add details about each child.
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AppAlert is a real time school-bus tracking app. Â Available on both iOS and Android, AppAlert sends instant and live notifications regarding boarding and deboarding of the bus by your child and also how far the bus has traveled at any point both- enroute to school and on the way back home. The app is available to parents on a subscription basis and the school is required to provide an Android phone to the driver who notifies about the child with a single tap.
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Alisha Purandare
KSP Team
Neha Savla
Mansi Zaveri
