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USD 415 Moves Ahead on Bus Tracking System

By Greg Bebermeyer

02/25/2016

(KNZA)--The Hiawatha Board of Education has voted to move ahead on a student bus tracking system.

The action came during a meeting Wednesday afternoon after a tour of the district’s facilities.

The Board gave their go ahead after being told there were no issues during a recent pilot test of the system on the White Cloud route.

The equipment needed to install the tracking system on each of the regular route and activity busses will be purchased from Verizon Wireless for a cost of around $12,000. It will allow the district to track which students are riding on a bus at any given time as well as use a GPS tracking system to locate the bus.

The need for such a system came up following last November's school bus wreck.

In other action, the Board accepted the lone bid from Jim Hills Paint and Glass, of Falls City, for the replacement of the exterior doors at the elementary school and high school, with a total bid of just over $240,000.

Dr. Pete Rosa presented the Board with two donations on behalf of the Hiawatha Youth Basketball League totaling just over $6,000. The funds will be used for the purchase of new basketball backboards and rims for the high school and the hiring of two additional middle school basketball coaches.

Rosa also presented a $900 donation on behalf of the Hiawatha Youth Running Club which will be used to cover the cost of a middle school cross country coach for one season.

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