The Monroe County Community School Corporation approved a 5-year contract to improve transportation technology during Tuesday afternoon’s Board of Trustees special meeting.
The agreement with Tyler Technologies is worth $875,700.58 and will be paid from the one-time elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund, or ESSER.
Tyler Technologies is the current software vendor for the district’s “Here Comes The Bus” app. However, superintendent Jeff Hauswald said the new improvements are necessary to provide parents the ability to track their children in real time.
“We do have the software, but we have one out of eight of the functioning pieces,” he said. “And other than that we're pretty outdated and we understand we've had increased enrollment and some pressures, but this will modernize the transportation system significantly.”
The new systems will be fully functional by August 2022.
“We will begin implementing these things on a soft rollout in the spring,” Hauswald said. “So, parents are going have to be continue to be patient with us.”
Additionally, the board approved negative antigen tests as a new condition to allow students to return to school after quarantining due to COVID-19. The four conditions are:
- Produce a negative PCR test
- Medical clearance stating a different diagnosis
- Isolate for 10 days
- Rapid antigen test
