PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – Pflugerville ISD says parents can now track their students’ bus routes in real time with a new district-approved GPS tracking app.
The Stopfinder app is currently used by 15 PfISD schools, with officials hoping to roll it out to the county’s 21 elementary schools before the winter break begins on December 20.
The rollout would continue in January for the rest of the district’s schools.
According to Michael Brassfield, the district’s traffic director, the app uses GPS tracking available on each of PfISD’s 191 buses so Transportation can view bus locations in real time. Parents can now access it via Stopfinder.
“We understand that parents are concerned about the safety of their children when they are in school,” said Brassfield. “This app will not only make our bus operations more efficient, it will also help our parents to relieve stress. This is a service that we are happy to offer.”
The traffic authorities invite parents to download the app so that they can see their child’s bus on its route. According to the Stopfinder app, parents can control who shows their student’s assigned bus for the safety of their child.
The app offers alerts to inform users when buses have arrived or departed from certain locations. The app can also track mileage and route efficiency, and gives the transport faster access to data from 121-point daily inspections.
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