Canton schools launch new bus tracking app

Parents of elementary school students can now sign up for the new SafeStop app, which tracks bus routes in the morning and afternoon. The elementary routes are the first to be offered with routes for the middle and high schools offered soon. The app service is free for CPS families.

School Business Administrator Barry Nectow and Brett McCloud, CPS transportation and enrollment coordinator, made the announcement at the December 5 School Committee meeting.

A letter was sent home to families on December 6 containing a unique student ID number. The app can be set up on a mobile phone, table or home computer.

According to McCloud, the SafeStop app is “meant to help you plan around your student’s busy schedule, not to help you arrive at the bus stop at the last second. Your student should still plan to arrive five minutes early for their scheduled bus stop.”

The GPS system is updated every 30 seconds. Bus drivers will not have access to SafeStop while driving. All questions about the app should be directed to McCloud at mccloudb@cantonma.org.

In other news from the December 5 School Committee meeting:

* Nectow said he is very concerned over another electrical power shortage which hit parts of town on Thursday, December 5, and affected the Galvin, Hansen, and JFK schools as well as Town Hall. While power was restored within 30 minutes, Nectow said it has occurred several times over the past few years and twice led to the closure of the JFK School. Nectow said selectmen may need to meet with Eversource representatives to solve the problem.

* School Committee members were pleased with the submission of School Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Fischer-Mueller’s proposed operating budget for FY 2020-21, which calls for a 6.34 percent increase over FY20 and includes $2.8 million in new spending. The committee is reviewing the budget and will vote on the matter at its December 19 meeting …

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Posted by Mike Berger on Dec 13 2019. Filed under News, Schools. Both comments and pings are currently closed.