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Schools Launch FirstView, A School Bus Tracker For Families

The free app, provided by bus company First Student, allows parents to see where their child's bus is and when it will arrive.

Parents and guardians of New Haven students can now track their child's school bus via a free app called FirstView, a First Student bus company service.
Parents and guardians of New Haven students can now track their child's school bus via a free app called FirstView, a First Student bus company service. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

NEW HAVEN, CT — Parents and guardians of New Haven students can now track their child's school bus via a free app called FirstView, a First Student bus company service.

In a letter to families Tuesday, New Haven Public Schools' transportation director Carl Jackson

The allows schools, and parents, to track buses in the district, though parents can only track their child's bus. Once downloaded, parents log in to the free app, and they can see just where their student's bus is, and when it will arrive at school, or at a bus stop.

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Here's the full letter from Jackson, plus instructions on FirstView:

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