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Meet HALO™

First Student’s technology platform helps safeguard and support the children we’re entrusted to protect.

Our seamlessly connected technology 
transforms student transportation

HALO surrounds students with care throughout their transportation journey. 

Cutting-edge recruiting & training

Least restrictive vehicle

Adaptive routing & 360° view dispatching

Driver navigation & communication sapps

Tracking app for parents & students

Dashboards for district tracking & reporting

Daily ride monitoring & driver scoring

Digitized community feedback

Digitized fleet maintenance

Experienced fleet electrification

HALO drives our operational efficiency

HALO drives our operational efficiency

Recruit the best drivers and get them on the road more quickly 

You can trust us to deal with the driver shortage. Halo helps us recruit more drivers, move them through training faster, and prepare them for passing the CDL test on their first attempt.

Determine the correct vehicle

HALO ensures every student is on the right-sized vehicle, letting us move students as their situations change. This allows us to mirror the Least Restrictive Environment principles districts follow in their classrooms.

Provide responsive and adaptive routing

HALO takes routing to the next level by giving school districts options. These range from leveraging our dedicated team of 300+ professional routers to districts doing their own routing — and everything in between.

HALO improves the safety and efficiency of your whole transportation system by systematically reviewing routes, monitoring for hazards, and looking for opportunities to improve.

Dispatch with a 360° view of the student

HALO merges all elements of our operations so they are at our dispatcher’s finger tips. Dispatchers can then manage all routes for the day, mark absences, reassign routes and vehicles, and monitor route performance with ease.

Simplify drivers’ jobs so they can focus on caring for students

Our Drive app, powered by HALO, guides our drivers through their day. From pre-trip inspections, navigation, and student ridership, to behavioral incident reporting and child check, our driver app ensure consistency and efficiency.

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HALO enables communication and transparency

Gain peace of mind with our student tracking app

Parents and caregivers can easily track vehicles with First View powered by HALO. Once downloaded, the app tracks their children’s vehicle location (including multiple children at once), sends distance notifications and real-time alerts, and offers a simple way to contact customer support.

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Gain clarity through our dashboards for districts

First View, powered by HALO, gives transportation directors, principals, and staff a complete view of student transportation. The dashboard centralizes route data for better decision-making, provides an easy-to-use tool to help answer parents’ transportation questions, and improves transparency in operations.

Centralize and digitize community feedback for faster response times

Our feedback portal allows communities to easily share service-related comments and suggestions and get timely responses by phone or email. Location leaders manage submissions, ensuring follow-up and proactive communication. This centralized system helps celebrate successes, resolve issues, and improve service.

Smarter charging with HALO’s charge management software

HALO’s charge management software makes charging easier for our locations and drivers. It helps buses charge at the best times, saves energy, and keeps everything running smoothly. With real-time updates and smart scheduling, buses stay powered up and ready to go so our teams can focus on safely getting students where they need to be.

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