There's an App for That! What about a CUSD Parent/Student Geo-locating Rideshare App for the Fall to Reduce Morning Traffic?

OWN VOICE. Looking for a local coder, perhaps a student with a mentor, to write this app.

Contact mdragony@coastsidebuzz.com if you are interested or have any questions.

Coastside traffic could be modulated by getting more kids into a single car. The new bell schedule has both HMBHS and Cunha schools opening at the same time!

The idea is to build a simple geo-locating/communication app like Uber and Lyft. Free to the users. ~ Michelle Dragony, Chief Buzz Officer of Coastside Buzz.

Step 1.

Develop App. Design similar to Uber/Lyft:
- Kids will find a parent to drive them.
- Parents will accept their request.
Need Spanish version.

Step 2.

Parents can register to the app from their phone.
Parents register the following information:

- the grade, school, starting time of their students
- the geo location of their home
- availability (days and morning vs afternoon, or both)
- door-to-door pick-up (for younger or special needs kids), express pool (for older kids where kids arrange to walk to a location to be picked up, or dropped off)
- driving license, clean record, insurance.
Other Parents can like other parents; those are the parents that the student can ride with.

Step 3.

Students register with parental approval.
Students select a driver. Parents are notified of their student’s request. (I predict that the students will drive the app (hehe) as the early adopters. They will know when they have to get to school and when they can come home, what with sports, clubs, homework, etc.)
Once they have scheduled their ride, a parent, or both parents, or guardian are sent notifications which they need to approve.

Rideshare on!

Feel free to comment :-)

Cabrillo Unified School District

Sam Jeffs, a HMBHS student wrote to Nextdoor at the beginning of July.

That is what got me to thinking that a ride sharing app might solve some of the problem. ~ Michelle Dragony, CBO

Concerns about HMBHS 22-23 bell schedule I have some major concerns about the inconsistent and irregular bell schedule that we have for next year. I have talked to around 50 of my fellow classmates, showing them the new bell schedule and “day calendar”, and around 45 out of the 50 say that this is a horrible bell schedule. These are some of the points. Some say that there was no feedback about end times, there was no consideration to jobs or even taking care of their younger siblings which some of them are required to do. If there’s going to be an Advisory, wouldn’t it be better if it was at the end of the day in order to compensate for these people? There was also almost no feedback on how to structure the advisories. How are we able to do group projects when we can’t freely roam to work together? It should just be a large open break, because some people don’t need the period and we shouldn’t force it upon them. We can’t really do group when we’re stuck in separate rooms, and the pass system doesn’t allow that amount of flexibility. In other districts, like in San Ramon Valley Unified, they allow students to check in at any open classroom during the start of the advisory period. Here they can enforce limits on how many people can come in and where they can work. For example, if were to do the library, Ms. Smith would be able to limit the amount of students who are able to check in in order to control things like loudness or if there’s room for the students to work. Another thing was the inconsistency of the schedule week to week. Why is the schedule different? This lacks consistency which most students need to actually form a routine around school. When to schedule after school jobs, when the bus will come. This going to be a mess for all parties, including teachers as some have other responsibilities after the school day (and frankly a life, but I digress). This schedule is not consistent and will cause mass confusion week to week, and will severly disrupt students “way of life” especially the ones with mental illnesses that require a consistent routine schedule (which this one will not provide for them) What a mess the bells are going to be too. One bell to end a class, then another TEN MINUTES LATER, then a five minute gap, ANOTHER BELL. Why even try to do a longer break when the bells are going to confuse students. It’s almost like the longer passing periods were to “appease” the students, but from the students I talked to, its going to be more of a headache in combination with the other schedule changes. This is going to cause more confusion and headaches for everyone involved, so why can’t we just *not*? Just adjust the existing past schedule so it complies with the 8:30 law, not overhaul it just because you want to and especially with no mandatory feedback from the students.