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ECDC dd:
StudentConnect...Here's what the SCHOOL DISTRICTS say in NEWS-Articles... (Not PR's)... I'll trust THEM over anybody else when it comes to StudentConnect...

GEORGIA - 3/20/2014 -"Student tracking device deemed success"...http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/news/local/student-tracking-device-deemed-success/article_a32da1ae-af6d-11e3-9232-001a4bcf6878.html#facebook-comments

KENTUCKY - 1/27/2014 - Logan County Schools Using New Bus Technology - http://www.wbko.com/home/headlines/Logan-County-Schools-Using-New-Bus-Technology-242297851.html

KENTUCKY - 01/2014 (Same County, different story) - "At the beginning of 2014, the Logan County school system will be implementing a program where parents will be able to monitor where their children are while on the school bus and if they got on and off where they were supposed to. The school will also be able to see the rate of speed the bus travels and where they are letting off students....The program is through StudentConnect a company that utilizes transportation and class attendance technology which helps transportation officials and parents become more aware of the safety of students riding on school buses as well as detect truancy issues." - http://newsdemocratleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131223/news/312239969/null

CALIFORNIA - "ECDC's StudentConnect technology will allow us to safely and effectively track the pick up and drop off of our students," said the district's transportation director, in a prepared statement. "We have been waiting for this technology for a long time as it will help to solve the transportation crisis within our school district." http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/05/21/california-district-to-test-student-location-rfid-system.aspx

More StudentConnect NEWS stories (not company PR's):

"The new program is called "StudentConnect," a system being adopted by school districts from Georgia to California." - LOUISIANA - 10/28/2013 http://www.myarklamiss.com/story/student-tracking-tech-coming-to-morehouse-parish/d/story/ZSYY2h5gDkupcLwfhDUIyw

And here's from ARKANSAS - 01/22/2014: "Using technology called Student Connect, buses will have RFID monitoring and GPS. The district is starting with 3 elementary school busses and will expand the program across the district. Only the bus administration will have access to the RFID data, which stops tracking the student once they have left the bus." - http://www.katv.com/story/24522906/benton-school-district-installs-parent-notifications-on-busses

And here's from GEORGIA - 10/18/2013: - "It is one of the greatest ideas I've seen in a long time," said Cooper, the transportation director of the Gordon County School District. " - http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23731114/gordon-county-schools-testing-new-student-tracking-system-on-school-buses


And some interesting bid whacking going on...
Gonna run soon
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