Here Comes the Bus

CalAmp Student Safety (Formerly Synovia)

About this app

Notice: In order to use the app, your school district must have a contract with Synovia Solutions and make Here Comes the Bus available to parents. Please contact your school district or Synovia Solutions for more information, including applicable costs.

Here Comes the Bus® is an easy-to-use app that lets you view the real-time location of your child’s bus on your smartphone, tablet or computer.

With Here Comes the Bus, you can send your child to the bus stop at just the right time, helping to avoid missed buses or long waits in freezing temperatures, pouring rain, the hot sun or rush-hour traffic.

KEY FEATURES:

Find your bus quickly and easily
See the exact location of your child’s school bus using your own customizable map.

Access arrival & departure info
Confirm your child’s bus has arrived at the bus stop and at school, both before and after school.

Get updates via email or push notification
Be notified when the bus is within five minutes of your stop, has a schedule change and more.

Track all of your children
Have children that ride separate buses? Here Comes the Bus lets you keep tabs on each one.

Know your privacy is protected
To use Here Comes the Bus, parents must obtain a private ID number, which grants them access to their child’s bus only.

Ratings and reviews

Last year, this app was a game changer for us, reliably sending notifications when the bus was in the set radius. I was especially excited about the new scan notification feature this year! Unfortunately, it stopped working after the first couple of weeks, which was really frustrating. I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling the app, logged back in, and that seemed to do the trick. Since then, it’s been working perfectly again. Overall, it’s a super helpful tool!!!

Last year, this app was fantastic. I got notices promptly when I should have, after fiddling with the range settings. This school year, it's worked three times. It won't stay logged in, it keeps dropping my phone as a device (even though it was listed a dozen times), and logging and resetting everything only works once before it breaks again. Unfortunate.

Doesn't work, It was working the 1st week or so when school started, I would get BOTH notifications and emails, now for the the past week and a half I no longer get the notifications, just an email. I checked app settings, it is turned on, I checked each tab on the app and all are marked to get a notification. I rely on this app. Please fix the issues.

What’s new

• Made it possible for parents to see their students’ buses on the map only within their home bus stop.
• Reduced the size of the bar/QR code on the Bus Pass screen.
• Fixed a bug that asked iPhone users to provide a name for their mobile device every time they opened the app.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Map screen to crash.
• Minor bug fixes.