MARIETTA, Ga. and IRVINE, Calif., April
29, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- CalAmp® (Nasdaq: CAMP), a connected
intelligence company that helps people and businesses work smarter,
today announced that student transportation leaders from one of the
country's most prominent and forward-looking school districts,
which was recently included in a government study to better
understand COVID-19 transmission in a school environment, said
they're relying on CalAmp's Bus Guardian solution to intelligently
conduct contact tracing.
Kimberly Ellis, Marietta School District Transportation
Director, said their team is using CalAmp's platform every day to
respond proactively to the threat of COVID-19.
"We absolutely rely on the Bus Guardian software every single
day to respond to cases and be sure we are sharing the most
accurate information with our leadership and our community," Ellis
said. "We appreciate the capability and know it will provide us
tremendous value even after we've put COVID behind us."
The school district was part of a major study conducted recently
by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was
featured on a March episode of the CBS News program, 60
Minutes, as well as several Atlanta area media outlets.
"Our role in the CDC study has been a great opportunity for our
schools to be part of better understanding COVID and how it
spreads, and it's been huge for us to have the Bus Guardian system
in place so the research team could include the school bus as part
of the student's daily journey," Ellis said.
Outside of COVID tracking, Ellis said the transportation
department uses the platform to also communicate with law
enforcement and families in the event of an accident.
The district has installed CalAmp location monitoring units on
nearly 100 buses as well as 12 district support vehicles, which
immediately connects all of them to the CalAmp software
solution.
The student ridership facet of Bus Guardian is also a powerful
way to connect parents to younger children as they travel to and
from school, sending multiple push notifications to parents as
students board and depart their busses.
"This is what parents expect and in many cases demand of us,"
Ellis said. "They want us to communicate as much as possible with
them, and to have the technology to keep their kids safe. I don't
think you can measure the peace of mind this gives parents of young
children knowing they are much less likely to get off at the wrong
stop."
Bus Guardian, developed by CalAmp's subsidiary, Synovia
Solutions, already serves more than 200 school districts across
North America, including some of
the largest and most dynamic across the Southeast.
Marietta also invested in a
number of features and software modules focused on improving
efficiency:
- Time and Attendance - allows drivers to clock-in remotely
at their assigned buses and receive real-time updates on their
routes throughout the day
- Engine Diagnostics - captures real-time engine and vehicle
status, helping prevent costly breakdowns leading to improved
management of fleet assets and maintenance facilities
- Pre- & Post-Trip Inspections - allows drivers to
manage inspections from their in-cab tablets, minimizing paperwork
and streamlining the inspection process
"We're pleased to earn the trust of the team at Marietta Schools and look forward to working
with them to provide the safest, most convenient school bus
experience for their community," said Bill
Westerman, vice president of product management for
CalAmp.
Additionally, CalAmp named its first ever Bus Guardian Hero on
April 22, 2021 when it awarded
Tim Cribley from Hudsonville Public Schools in Michigan for his commitment to student safety
and work supporting local food banks around Grand Rapids.
About Marietta City
Schools
Marietta City
Schools is a Charter System that serves 8,900 students at eight
elementary choice schools, one of which is a Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM) Magnet school; one sixth-grade school,
one middle school (7/8), and one high school. MCS is the first
International Baccalaureate (IB) World School District in
Georgia.
About CalAmp
CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a connected
intelligence company that helps people and businesses work smarter.
We partner with transportation and logistics, industrial equipment,
government and automotive industries to deliver insights that
enable businesses to make the right decisions. Our applications,
platforms and smart devices allow them to track, monitor and
recover their vital assets with real-time visibility that reduces
costs, maximizes productivity and improves safety. Headquartered in
Irvine, California, CalAmp has
been publicly traded since 1983. We have 22 million products
installed and over 1.3 million software and services subscribers
worldwide. For more information, visit calamp.com, or LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or CalAmp Blog.
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