The following letter is being posted on ParentSquare for K-12 parents/guardians.
Dear Parent or Guardian, 
Stopfinder, the parent transportation app, is now available districtwide! Stopfinder allows you to see, in real-time, where your child’s bus is. With Stopfinder, you will have your child’s route #, bus stop location, pick-up and drop-off times in the palm of your hand.
You can create GeoAlerts for your child, which will notify you when the bus has arrived or departed from any location on your child’s route, including their assigned bus stop and school. GeoAlert Alert Zones can be created for individual students allowing you to customize the Alert Zone based on their bus route. Stopfinder also includes the ability to create Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) alerts based on your student’s assigned stop.
Stopfinder will also notify you when your child swipes their bus card. Stopfinder will let you know when and where your child has gotten on or off of the school bus. Bus cards work on any EGCSD school bus. Please be sure your student has their bus card with them for the first day of school! Kindergarten students will receive their bus cards the first week of school.
If you are a current Stopfinder Subscriber, you don’t need to do anything! You are now able to see your child’s bus information in the Stopfinder app. Simply select 9/5/24 on the app to view your student’s 24-25 routing information.
Steps for First Time Users:
Step 1: Download the Stopfinder app
Stopfinder can be downloaded for free from the App Store or Google Play. Parents and guardians are encouraged to download the Stopfinder app prior to receiving your child’s Stopfinder invitation email.
Step 2: Activate your Stopfinder subscriber Invitation
Stopfinder will require an invite and registration through the district prior to accessing your student’s transportation schedule. The primary email address that is currently on file with the district will be used for Stopfinder setup. Please contact the EGCSD Registrar to make a change to your primary email address. Stopfinder invitations were emailed to your primary email address on August 26th!
Step 3: Set up your Stopfinder GeoAlerts and notifications
You can customize your alerts and notifications in Stopfinder.
Step 4: Share bus routing information
The primary contact may share their child’s routing information with family, friends, neighbors, or daycare providers. You can easily stop sharing information if needed (for example, you change daycare providers).
You will find additional information and instructional video links on the back of this letter as well as on the District website. Please contact the Transportation Department at 518-477-9288 if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Dr. Wanda McQueen
Transportation Administrator
East Greenbush Central School District