Students will swipe their cards when they board and leave a bus.
A new $25 registration fee and a $100 late-registration fee for Saanich School District bus riders will help pay for a new tracking system that lets parents know where their children are during bus trips.
The software-based tracking system will operate by having students use an electronic card to swipe through a device when they get on and off a bus, he said.The system will be in effect for the 2024-25 school year. The fact that the newly approved registration fee is nominal will hopefully be an incentive for parents with “a genuine interest” in having their children take the bus, he said.Bus registration starts on Monday, and all district parents received a reminder of that just before spring break, he said.
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