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Last year Boone County Schools provided a school bus tracking app free of charge available only to parents. The Zonar MyView app gives parents peace of mind on the location of their child’s school bus, when it’s arriving, and when it drops off students at school or at home. This was the first phase of a two-phase project which included the upgrading of GPS systems on each of our buses. The proposed second phase of this project includes the installation of the Z Pass card readers and the production of Z Pass identification cards.  

The Z Pass student card contains a passive RFID chip.  This means the card cannot be activated or used anywhere else. It cannot be used to track a student, as it simply indicates if a student is ON a bus or NOT.  Bus drivers and transportation officials will be able to immediately determine the students present on any of the district buses. The student cards have no functionality on their own.  In order for the student card to “do” anything, it must make contact with a school bus Z Pass reader that is programmed specifically to that card.  Within the school district, these card readers are only present on the buses.  The card readers stay in what is essentially a sleep mode function until direct contact with a student card is made. This functionality is similar to what many in the workplace experience daily with employee identification cards that are used to scan into buildings, open specific doors, activate time clocks, etc.  Other common examples of passive RFID cards your debit cards, library cards, and employee ID cards used to access buildings, etc.  

Being able to account for all our students is key to maintaining the safest environment possible.  The ZPass function of the Zonar system offers:

• Immediate answers to parents and transportation officials when students do not get on or off the bus as expected.  

• Immediate access to who is currently on a bus in the event of an accident, fire or  other emergency situation. 
  

As our transportation department continues to experience significant staff shortages, we can no longer rely on students having the same driver every day.  With the need for double bus runs, split bus runs and utilizing support staff to transport children, it is vital to have an additional tool that can assist us in knowing who is on the bus.  

 

If you have not downloaded the MyView app, follow the appropriate link below.

Apple App Store Link

Google Play Link

 

For all children under the age of 18 we will be offering meals at the following Boone County schools. For more information about the programs at each school please scan the QR code below.

 

Beginning June 5th and continuing through July 28th, all district and school office hours will be 7:30-4:00 (Monday-Thursday) and 7:30-10:30 (Friday).

 

 

• Newly freed slaves held one of the first Memorial Day celebrations on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina. Freed slaves gathered with members of the U.S. Colored Troops to bury and honor fallen Union soldiers. A crowd estimated at 10,000 people formed a parade decorating graves and signing hymns.
• Memorial day was unofficially started by women. On April 12, 1886, the Columbus Ladies Memorial Association in Columbus, Georgia, announced they would dedicate one day a year to decorating graves as a way to remember fallen soldiers.
• Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day.
• Memorial Day became a Federal holiday in 1971
• Confederate Memorial Day is still observed in 9 Southern States: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
• A poem inspired the tradition of wearing poppies in remembrance.
• The American Flag flies at half staff until noon, then full staff until sunset.
• An official minute of silence should be taken at 3pm.
• Flags are placed on every grave in Arlington National Cemetery
• The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is honored.

 

Public Notice

The Boone County School District would like to make Parents/Guardians, Former Students, and Eligible (Adult) Students aware that Special Education records of students who graduated between May 2018 and May 2020 school years will be disposed of starting September 1, 2023.

Special Education records collected by the Boone County School District, relate to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of Special Education in the district. In accordance with federal and state laws, these records must be maintained for a period of 3 years after Special Education Services have ended for the student. Special Education Services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates or completes his or her educational program at age 22, or moves from the district.

This notification is solely to provide awareness to the students who graduated in between May 2018 and May 2020 or who left school during those years. If no student, parent or guardian responds to this public notice, the school district will assume consent to destroy all Special Educations records specific to the student after September 1, 2023. Requests of student records can be made to Linda Moore, Student Services Division at the Boone County Board of Education  linda.moore@boone.kyschools.us .