Education
BY MARK FADDEN
Northwest ISD switches system to track buses Northwest ISD families can track their students’ buses with the new Secured Mobile Authorized Ridership Technology tag system. Based on parent and guardian feedback, the district transitioned from Zonar to SMART tags this school year, according to a Northwest ISD news release. Executive Director of Communications Anthony Tosie said district transportation lead- ers researched alternatives and spoke to other districts, nding the SMART Tag system received positive feedback in the districts where it’s been implemented. He added during the nal semester of the 2022-23 school year, the district piloted the SMART tag program with three elementary schools for two weeks. “The SMART tag system was adopted as a direct result of feedback from our families,” Tosie said. “We appreciate the community’s voice to help us
Keller ISD adopts FY 2023 24 tax rate Keller ISD board of trustees adopted a tax rate for the 2023-24 scal year Aug. 28. The details According to district documents, the adopted tax rate of $1.0875 per $100 valua- tion is less than the $1.2729 rate proposed at the June 20 board meeting. According to the Texas Education Agency, a district’s property tax rate consists of a maintenance and operations tax rate and, if applicable, a debt service tax rate. Zooming in Keller ISD’s operations tax rate will be $0.7575—a decrease of 18.54 cents from last year’s operations of $0.9429. It would equate to an estimated tax savings of $185.40 on a home valued at $100,000.
A student scans his SMART tag on a school bus.
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make positive decisions to improve our services.” The speci cs The SMART tag system works by tracking a tablet on a bus with real-time updates, the news release said. When a student boards a bus, they will scan their tag so the tablet assigns them to the bus for parents and guardians to track. This technology also ensures students board the appro- priate bus as the system will indicate if a student has boarded the wrong bus.
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