Please can you help with developing a school bus app for rural areas (poss all )
If you have Children of school age that use school transport then this effects you .
At present here in Northern Ireland and across the UK (prob other countries too 😟) there is no way of checking easily if children are using school transport that day or once aboard to prove attendance before departure . Once a child is off school property they are no longer the schools responsibility. If busses aren’t on school property then we have a loophole that no one is addressing at present . I have already contacted my local school and the transportation company employed but as expected little feedback , I had the idea of kids designing it as a nationwide competition but this seems to have fell on deaf ears . I could go the parent forum route and apply pressure but each new term has new kids exposed to this overlooked problem with possible nasty ramifications. I have no doubt if presented with a ready made app the response would be completely different.
This problem was brought to my attention when on first day of school term 3 children ( one of them mine 🤪😂) missed their bus home . It probably happens all the time , everywhere . It’s too easy for kid’s, exited with new friends or surroundings to wander off and be embarrassed or scared to seek help .
I come cap in hand looking help with an idea for an app . If anyone could donate time and brainpower for free to help develop an app for school busses 😜 . They have little or zero way other than roll call when in school to know if children are using school transport , have used it that day , and if they are using it again to get home . I was hoping a programmer or more on here would be interested in helping develop an app that parent /child/bus driver and school could use to communicate if a student will be on the bus today or not . If they are at afterschools etc . Parents could inform instantly if change of circumstances, as could child (maybe with an area to add explanation of change of circumstance etc)
Photo of child poss 🤔 so bus drivers can check off as students board. Or some way Blu tooth connection can enable no need for head count as drivers phone pings once all aboard . If it could be cross platform so as any child could have access that would be icing on the cake . If anyone thinks they can help please get in touch .
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