The Anna ISD Transportation Department utilizes a student ridership monitoring system to which each student is assigned their own unique Bus Badge. Along with student ridership schedule information, this system uses a radio frequency identification device (RFID) card to track the date, time, and location of each student’s entry and exit from the bus.
WHY?
Child safety is of primary concern to schools and parents. Bus Badges help ensure the safe transportation of children to and from school and school-related events. This system has been put in place in the event that your child is missing, the school district can accurately determine if, when, and where the child entered or left the bus based on the student badge activity.
The Bus Badge also assists the transportation department in ensuring that bus capacity is not over crowded, that every student has an available seat for safe travel, and provides student counts to help with bus fleet management.
HOW?
Students carry a Bus Badge assigned specifically to them. This Bus Badge is required to be scanned daily as they enter and exit the bus, allowing a student to be located if necessary. The identification information with time, date, and location of the scan is instantly available to the school district through a fleet management system.
All parents requesting bus services for students must register on-line or in person. Once registration is complete a bus schedule is created for that specific student which indicates their bus number, stop location, and stop times.
Students will be responsible for having their assigned Bus Badge on a daily basis and will not be permitted to use district transportation without it. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the school prior to 1:00pm if they do not have their Bus Badge and they need to ride the bus home in the afternoon.
PURCHASING A BADGE
Each student is issued their first Bus Badge of the school year at no charge. They will receive this Bus Badge from the bus driver within the first two weeks of school. Students are responsible for replacing lost or damaged cards within 5 days of loss or damage. Replacement Bus Badges are $5.00 each. Parent of elementary students may pay the replacement cost and receive a new Bus Badge from the school office.
6th – 12th grade students are required to purchase and receive replacement Bus Badges from the Transportation Office located at 501 S Sherley Ave, Anna, TX 75409. Transportation Office hours are Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 4:30pm.
BUS BADGE PROTOCOL
Student safety and accountability is of the utmost importance. This is why Anna ISD has implemented the Bus Badge system. Due to system requirements, each student is required to scan on and off of the bus each day, each time they ride. If a student has lost or damaged their issued Bus Badge, they will have 5 days to purchase a replacement Bus Badge.
The 1st day a student does not have their assigned Bus Badge they will receive a verbal reminder from the bus driver to find their Bus Badge or purchase a replacement Bus Badge.
On the 2nd consecutive day of not having an issued Bus Badge student will receive a written warning (Bus Conduct Report), and parent contact will be initiated via Ride 360, email, or phone call.
On the 3rd and 4th consecutive days of not having an issued Bus Badge student will receive a written warning (Bus Conduct Report) each day.
On the 5th consecutive day of not having an issued Bus Badge student will receive a final written warning (Bus Conduct Report) and bus ridership will be suspended starting the next school day. Suspension from bus riding privileges will continue until an issued replacement Bus Badge has been acquired and presented.
It is imperative that students use only the Bus Badge that is assigned and issued to them.
*If a student is found to be using a Bus Badge that has not been assigned to them they will receive a written warning (Bus Conduct Report) and parent contact will be initiated. The student will have 2 days to find their issued Bus Badge or purchase a replacement Bus Badge. On the 2nd consecutive day of not having an issued Bus Badge the student will receive a written warning (Bus Conduct Report).
On the 3rd consecutive day of not having an issued Bus Badge student will receive a final written warning (Bus Conduct Report), parent contact will be initiated, and bus ridership will be suspended starting the next school day. Suspension from bus riding privileges will continue until an issued replacement Bus Badge has been acquired and presented.
