IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CalAmp
(Nasdaq: CAMP), a global technology solutions pioneer transforming
the mobile connected economy, today released findings of its "Back
to School" survey of parents. The survey, conducted online in late
July, found that two out of three parents support contact tracing.
According to the report, parents would be more confident sending
their kids back to school if contact tracing and hygiene
verification were to be implemented on their children's school
buses.
Other important findings from the "Back to School" survey
include:
- Millions of fewer students plan to take the school bus this
year indicating COVID-19 has shaken parent confidence:
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- Only 43 percent of parents plan to use buses this school year,
a 14 percent drop from the 50 percent of students who use the
school bus in a typical school year
- Approximately 93 percent of parents want to know if their
children's classmates, teachers or school staff have contracted
COVID-19
- Only 28 percent of parents said contact tracing and hygiene
verification on their children's school buses would not make them
feel more comfortable
- 85 percent of parents believe students should observe physical
distancing at school and on the bus
- 65 percent of parents believe students should be required to
wear masks on the bus or in the classroom
CalAmp recently released Bus Guardian to help quell the fears
many parents have about their children getting on school buses and
going to school with the risks of COVID-19. CalAmp's powerful suite
of school bus hardware and software services is designed to help
schools deliver instant and actionable reporting of school bus
ridership for both drivers and students based on contact tracing,
which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists as
essential to combating COVID-19.
"We are fortunate that we invested in this technology years ago
to improve our safety and efficiency, which has now enabled us to
transition quickly and easily to provide contact tracing for the
communities we serve," said Elisa
Schubert, transportation manager at Brightbill
Transportation, a Pennsylvania
private student transportation company. "We know how important it
will be to track our hygiene efforts to remain at the forefront of
this new kind of student safety."
The solution also enables hygiene verification to help school
administrators monitor and report on real-time sanitization
efforts. Bus Guardian relies on enhanced school bus ridership and
trip inspection modules currently being used by more than 230
school districts in the United
States.
"Parents have come to rely on school buses to be among the
safest form of transportation on the road. We're proud Bus Guardian
is helping schools maintain that essential commitment with contact
tracing and hygiene verification to give parents the confidence
they need to keep their children healthy and safe amid this
pandemic," said Jeff Gardner,
president and CEO of CalAmp.
The "Back to School" online survey comprised nearly 1,000
respondents and was conducted from CalAmp-managed social media
sites.
For more information on Bus Guardian, visit
https://busguardian.com
About CalAmp
CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a global technology solutions pioneer
transforming the mobile connected economy. We help reinvent
businesses and improve lives around the globe with technology
solutions that streamline complex mobile IoT deployments and bring
intelligence to the edge. Our software and subscription-based
services, scalable cloud platform and intelligent devices collect
and assess business-critical data from mobile assets and their
contents. We call this The New How, facilitating
efficient decision making, optimizing mobile asset utilization and
improving road safety. CalAmp is dedicated to improving road safety
and is an active member of Together For Safer Roads, a coalition
focused on addressing the challenges of fleet safety. Headquartered
in Irvine, California, the company
has been publicly traded since 1983. LoJack® is a brand of CalAmp
and a leader in stolen vehicle recovery and innovative automotive
services. For more information, visit calamp.com,
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Blog.
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Guardian and associated logos are among the trademarks of CalAmp
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States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other
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respective owners.
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