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DeKalb launches app to help parents track their child’s school bus

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By Susan Hogan
Sept 16, 2021

The DeKalb County School District launched a smartphone app this week to aid parents and guardians in tracking information about their child’s school bus.

The Edulog Parent App is designed to offer real-time information about school bus routes and location. Notifications can be sent as the vehicles near bus stops, schools or other alert zones, according to a district new release.

The announcement follows a pledge by Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris to address issues with bus drivers that in some cases have upended schedules. Recently, 56 drivers in Region I missed worked, which caused transportation woes for hundreds of parents and students.

ExploreDeKalb schools says it will tackle bus drivers’ pay, COVID concerns

Watson-Harris said at a board of education meeting this week that the district is responding to bus drivers’ call for better COVID-19 safety measures and pay increases.

“We are very grateful for all of our bus drivers,” Watson-Harris said.

School systems across the county are facing a bus driver shortage, including those in metro Atlanta. Some districts are assigning drivers double routes or adjusting pick up and drop off schedules to get children to class on time.

About the Author

Susan Hogan is a contract politics editor based in Missouri. She previously was the AJC's education editor. Before joining the AJC in 2020, she was an editor at The Washington Post. As a reporter, she won numerous national honors, including a public service award for team reports on arson fires at South Carolina Black churches.

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