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What is the name of every student on the bus?

Are students riding the correct bus every day?

Are students using the correct bus stop?

Did the student board or exit the bus?

Where did a student board or exit the bus?

If there were an accident, how do we know who is

actually on the bus? How do we ID the student for

emergency personnel?

Time 2:45 P.M.

– A parent calls the school stating their daughter did not come home.

– School staff phone the transportation department to find out if the 2nd grade girl is on a bus.

– Transportation dispatch calls the sub bus driver and asks if she has any students on board or if she remembers the child in question.

– The sub bus driver reports there are no students on the bus and that she did not know the girl by name.

– Transportation calls the school back to report that no students were on any of the buses.

– The office reports that the girl got the bus at her bus stop but walked to a friends house.

Time 3:03 P.M.

Total elapsed time 18 minutes

Time 2:45 P.M. • A parent calls the school stating their daughter did not come

home. • School staff phone the transportation department to find out if

the 2nd grade girl is on a bus. • Transportation dispatch looks on Zpass reports and finds that the

girl exited the bus at her stop at 2:39 P.M. • The dispatcher call the school and reports this information. • The office contacts the child’s parents to inform that their

daughter got off at her assigned bus stop. • The parent thanks the caller and reports that the daughter had

walked to a friend’s house. Time 3:51 P.M. Total elapsed time: 6 minutes

ZPASS

The objective of a student identification system is to

improve student safety by obtaining:

Names of students who board or exit a bus

Where a student boards or exits a bus

When a student boards or exits a bus

ZPASS requires students to carry a ID card which

uses radio frequency (RF) technology.

Student riders pass the ID card past a reader which

immediately records the location of the bus.

Location of the bus is immediately available to

transportation staff via web based GPS technology.

Red “Push Pin” indicates exact

location where student exited the bus

Report includes past rider data based on date and event

1. Student must carry the Zpass smart card whenever they ride the bus.

2. Student must pass the card within 3 inches of

the reader each time they board or exit the bus.

3. Students may lose or fail to carry ID card.

4. Parents may become upset when student is not allowed on the bus in the afternoon.

Can the general public find where my child is located?

Answer: No, the system is secure and only approved district staff can view stored data.

Does the system track my child when they are not on the bus?

Answer: No. The system only knows where the bus is located.

Will there be a fee for the student?

Answer: The only fee will be for lost cards. The cost for a lost card is $4.00

What happens if a student does not have their

Zpass card?

Answer: The student will be allowed to board the bus for the ride to school. The driver will remind the student that they must obtain a temporary pass from the school office for the ride home.

Students who do not have a Zpass card or temporary pass will not be allowed on the bus ride home.

What if a student has repeated instances of not presenting

their Zpass card to the driver?

Answer: These types of issues will be addressed

through the district discipline process.

Each day we transport approximately 2,400 passengers.

We pick up or drop off students in local neighborhoods and

as far as Scottsdale to the east and Buckeye to the west.

Our routing system provides us eligible student information

however it does not inform us of who actually rode a bus

on a specific day.

When a student exits the bus, we often assume they are

exiting at the correct location. But are they?

Zpass adds one more tool to ensure student safety. We

feel it is worth the investment.

Contact the Transportation Department at

(623) 772-2275 for questions of further information