Here Comes the Bus

Our school corporation started using this app approximately three years ago, when my son was a 6th grader, and it’s been such a wonderful app for this mom. As a mom (and dad) leaving before my son gets on the bus, it allows me a small peace of mind, knowing that our son can see the bus on the map, and get notifications when the bus is near, so he can stay in the house until he needs to go outside, and get on the bus. We live out in the county, so it was unsettling to leave my son at home, standing outside to wait on the bus alone. We downloaded the app to my son’s phone as well as mine, so my son will get the notification when the bus is just down the road, we can also see where the bus is on the map, which is what my son prefers to keep tabs on where the driver is. We can set notifications as close or as far out as we want, and we have the notification on close so my son can just walk out the door. Gone are the days of waiting at the window and watching for the bus OR standing outside in the inclement weather. The IT staff at the here comes the bus are also very helpful and respond promptly, if your app is not working correctly. We are very grateful our corporation picked up this app, it’s been a life saver for our family in terms of getting our child on the bus without us being home, and gives this mom a peace of mind that my son is safe waiting at home for the bus.

This is app is Great! Before I heard about it I was sending the kids down to the end of driveway 10-15 early in the summer and 5 min early in winter so they wouldn't freeze to death but the 5 min window wasn't enough sometimes they would miss it and then I would have to drop them. Then I heard about this bus app and boy was I excited!! Now I have it timed perfect to where I let them walk down the drive(I have a 900 ft drive, cause we live in a farm in the country) and by time they get to the end the bus is pulling up- perfect! Now don't have to worry about someone snatching them(not that I worry about that where I live) but never know? Better safe than sorry and they don't freeze waiting on it! Excellent app, there's only 1 day to where it didn't work but I believe it was a setting in my phone so gets 5 stars in my book the alerts don't work or are off sometimes but I don't worry about those anyway as ling as I can see the bus in motion and know where it's at is good enough for me! If you have kids that get on a bus YOU NEED THIS APP!

I was extremely excited when our school district announced that they were rolling out use of this app this school year. I’d been asking for bus information for years so I immediately downloaded the app. I would love to give this app 5 stars but incorrect mapping of the schools for both of our children means the app isn’t as informative as it should be since the buses are not shown as arriving at the schools. However, I can follow the bus on the map so I can still see when the bus is in the correct location if I’m still in the app. One of our children’s school is about 28 miles away so following his circuitous bus route on the app in morning rush hour is not something I want to do or have time to do. The notification that his bus arrived at school would definitely be the most helpful. I like being able to adjust the radius for the bus arrival. The bus lot is within 2 miles of where we live so I would get the notification when the bus would be near the start of the route which means I wouldn’t get one when it was near our house to pick up our child. I adjusted the radius and that seems to have worked fine. Overall, I’m very pleased with the app and wish we had access to it sooner. It may not give me everything it promised but it gives me enough information to still be extremely helpful. At least this year I have a clue about what’s going on with the buses without always having to call our school system’s transportation department to find out where the buses are.