The Osceola County school district has a plan to make sure kids get on and off the right school bus. And it could help teachers and parents alike.
“When we see them get on the bus, we don’t really know where they are at,” said Frank Motos, a father.
But the district has a plan that would track students on their bus route using a card reader to scan their school ID’s.
Each time a student boards or disembarks the bus, they will scan their card, so the district can track when and where the students are getting on and off the bus.
“This will ensure we know that we know where are kids are so we can provide the safest means of transportation that we possibly can,” said Karen Strickland, the school district's director of transportation.
The district plans to test the card readers on their high school students in February. Then starting next school year, all students will scan their carts every time the get on the bus.
It’s something Motos, who picks up his son every day, is looking forward to.
“I hope it happens very soon,” Motos said. “It will be very helpful to us parents.”
They hope this new system will help them regulate school bus stop drop-off times, as well as assist them as well as law enforcement in identifying if a student missed the bus or got off at the wrong stop.