BusBoss
Overview
- Overview
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BusBoss is a K–12 school transportation management platform from Orbit Software for planning routes, assigning students to stops and runs, and supporting daily dispatch. Districts can model calendars, bell times, boundaries, walk distances, transfers, split-custody arrangements, special transportation needs, vehicles, and drivers in one operational database.
Routing starts with students, addresses, eligibility, and bell schedules, then adds vehicles and staffing. Transportation and school offices coordinate changes so the published service reflects current student needs. An assigned route, an observed vehicle position, and a recorded rider event describe different facts. Their dates and identifiers connect planning with the service actually delivered.
A boundary, bell time, address, or student-service change can affect routes, staffing, communication, and costs. Transportation leaders coordinate approval and publication of revised plans with schools and technical staff. The data relationship extends from who needs service to what was planned and what was actually delivered, with each record serving a different operational purpose.
Features
- Features
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Routing and planning
- Builds stops, runs, routes, calendars, boundaries, and student assignments using maps and district-defined eligibility and safety rules.
- Supports scenario analysis and route changes as enrollment, bell times, programs, and service needs change.
Daily transportation operations
- Supports dispatch, driver and vehicle assignment, substitutions, field trips, reports, and exception handling according to licensed modules.
- Real-time functions depend on GPS, onboard hardware, mobile tools, and integrations.
Families, data, and governance
- Can provide family-facing stop information, arrival estimates, notifications, or ridership visibility according to configuration.
- Districts should govern SIS synchronization, address quality, special transportation data, permissions, retention, and emergency procedures.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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BusBoss Privacy Policy:
https://apps.busboss.com/routepatrol/PrivacyPolicy.aspx?v=637094389160058350
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