School bus transport & parent safety
School bus desk for Bangladesh schools and fleet operators — pick-up and drop routes, driver roster, daily schedule, transport requests, student attendance with punch card or device, live GPS sharing to parents, and SMS alerts when the bus moves, delays, or a child boards.
Use cases
- Private school fleet with fixed AM pick-up and PM drop routes across Dhaka and district towns.
- Contract school bus operator serving multiple campuses with one roster and parent SMS pack.
- Boarding attendance at bus door via punch card, RFID, or tablet — synced to school records.
- Parent live GPS link so guardians see bus approach without calling the driver.
- Event and field-trip bus requests with approval, assign, and guardian notification.
- Transport fee and route cost reporting for school management and audit.
Why you need this
- Parent trust depends on knowing where the bus is — GPS share beats WhatsApp driver calls.
- Morning no-show and wrong-stop drops need instant SMS — not discovered at school gate.
- Driver roster overlap and expired license must block assign before students board.
- School admin needs one schedule board — not paper route sheets and phone chains.
- Attendance at bus door proves child boarded — critical for safety and liability.
- Route delay and breakdown alerts to parents reduce gate chaos and complaint volume.
Key modules
Typical workflows
- Term plan → route publish → roster assign → AM pick-up punch → school gate → PM drop punch → parent SMS → daily report.
- Parent request → admin approve → roster update → stop change SMS → driver board refresh.
- GPS delay alert → desk notify → parent SMS with revised ETA → on-time score update.
- Month-end → route attendance pack → on-time summary → transport fee / cost report for school.
Pick-up, drop-off & route movement
Morning home pick-up and afternoon school drop — fixed stops, run order, live movement, and gate handover for every route.
Route master
AM pick-up and PM drop routes with stop sequence, distance, and estimated run time per school.
Stop points
Home lane, colony gate, and main-road stops mapped for drivers and parent expectations.
Bus movement log
Trip open/close, km, and stop arrival times — not guesswork from driver phone calls.
School gate handover
Arrival at campus gate logged before students leave the bus — audit-ready for admin.
Route diversion
Temporary road closure or exam-day route change with parent SMS before wheels roll.
Seat capacity
Student count vs bus seats — flag overcrowding before safety or parent complaints.
Rostering & daily schedule board
Driver, helper, and bus roster linked to school calendar — who drives which route on which day, with conflict checks.
Term calendar
School days, holidays, half-days, and exam schedules drive which routes run.
Driver & bus roster
Assign driver, helper, and bus to each route — block overlap and license expiry.
Publish schedule
Daily board for transport desk, school admin, and gate security.
Backup assign
Substitute driver or spare bus when roster conflict or breakdown fires alert.
Live run status
Running, delayed, completed lanes on dispatch board until last student drops home.
Close & report
Route-wise on-time score, delay reason, and monthly school transport summary.
Transport requests & ad-hoc movement
Structured requests from school admin, parents, or events — not WhatsApp chains to the transport manager.
Parent request
Change stop, early pick-up, or event transport with approval trail.
Event & trip bus
Sports day, field trip, or exam centre movement with extra bus assign.
New admission route
Add student to route with stop, guardian contact, and bus capacity check.
Admin approval
School transport in-charge approves before roster and parent SMS update.
Student attendance & punch-card device
Boarding and alighting logged at the bus door — RFID, punch card, or mobile device tied to student record.
Boarding punch
Student taps card or device at AM pick-up — present on bus before school gate.
Alighting log
PM drop recorded at stop — parent knows child left bus at correct point.
No-show alert
Expected student not boarded — SMS to parent and school admin same morning.
Bus-mounted reader
Punch card, RFID, or tablet device syncs attendance to VMS without paper register.
Daily attendance pack
Route-wise boarding list for school office and transport contract review.
Live GPS sharing to parents
Parents see where the school bus is — share link or app view with ETA to stop, without calling the driver.
Live bus map
GPS position on route corridor — parents see approach to home or school stop.
Parent share link
Time-limited link for guardian — no driver number shared on WhatsApp groups.
ETA to stop
Estimated arrival at pick-up or drop point reduces gate crowding and phone calls.
Trip playback
Review route taken for dispute, safety incident, or parent complaint.
Geofence alerts
Bus left approved corridor or delayed beyond threshold — desk notified first.
Mobile-friendly view
Works on parent phone browser — no separate app install required for basic tracking.
SMS alerts, device sync & transport desk
Automatic SMS to parents and school staff — bus started, delayed, arrived, student boarded, or route changed.
Parent SMS alerts
Bus departed, approaching stop, delayed, or student absent — to registered guardian numbers.
School admin alerts
Late bus, breakdown, or attendance exception to transport in-charge and gate security.
Device punch sync
Attendance device events trigger SMS and dashboard flags in real time.
Transport desk
All routes, drivers, live GPS, and alert queue on one school transport board.
Monthly reports
On-time score, attendance summary, and route cost for school management.
Safety compliance
Driver license, bus fitness, and fire extinguisher gates before daily assign.