Business View Magazine - July 2023

202 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 One example is the introduction of smart ID badges for students. These cards enable students to scan on and off the bus, providing a way to track attendance and movements. “It’s reassuring to parents and convenient for them to know both where their child is on the bus and where the bus is in relation to their stop,” Mason said. These smart cards serve multiple purposes. They double as a pass for accessing school meals, replacing traditional keypads. In this way, the district has cleverly transformed a simple ID card into a multi-functional tool contributing to safety, convenience, and reassurance for the school community. Creating efficiency by integrating technology While a school district is not a business in the sense that it manufactures a product for sale, Superintendent DiLoreto is keenly mindful of the business operations of the district. Both DiLoreto and Assistant Superintendent Mason have received MBAs. Every decision the district makes and initiative it attends Chris Goff Scott Gindlesberger Tonya Wright