School Ride – Parents
Education
Only for iPhone
Free
School Ride helps parents stay informed and connected with their children’s school transportation.
The app is provided by authorized school transportation companies. Parents receive access credentials directly from their transport provider.
Key features:
• Real-time route and trip updates
• Notifications for pickups, drop-offs, and delays
• Secure access linked to the transportation company
• Designed for families, schools, and transport providers
Important:
An account is required to use this app. Accounts are created and managed by the transportation company, not by parents.
School Ride is built with privacy and security in mind, ensuring reliable communication between transport providers and families.
more A completely redesigned School Ride experience is here.
• Create your School Ride account even if you’re not connected to a transportation company yet
• A fresh new look and easier navigation
• Improved child profiles and transportation tracking
• A redesigned payments and payment history experience
• Easier communication with your transportation company
• Parent Community, School Ride Shop and Discover experiences
• Custom avatars and enhanced QR Profiles
• Sign in with Apple and Google
• Improved notifications, performance and reliability
Built to keep your family informed, connected and closer to every school ride.
6.0.0 Sep 29
• Added School Ride for Alexa, with family updates available in English and Spanish.
• Added a new feedback section where you can rate your experience and share suggestions.
• Added scheduled ride visibility before the driver starts the trip.
• Improved the app’s design, clarity, and navigation.
• Fixed bugs and improved overall performance.
5.4.0 Sep 8
We improved transportation tracking so you can view the vehicle’s location during the scheduled route window, even before live trip tracking begins.
We also improved notification badge synchronization across your devices, along with stability and accessibility enhancements.
5.3.0 Sep 2
• Chat directly with your transportation company, with real-time messages, delivery status, timestamps, push notifications, and automatic translation.
• Discover the redesigned QR Profile experience with immersive visuals, child selection, and improved QR scanning.
• Explore refreshed Behavior, Activities, Stories, Absences, Profile, Privacy, and Settings experiences.
• Enjoy improved live tracking visibility, clearer vehicle status, and more reliable access for families with multiple children.
• Includes performance, accessibility, dark mode, localization, and stability improvements.
5.2.0 Aug 22
Discover a refreshed School Ride experience for families.
• Introducing Parent Community, a private space to share questions, recommendations, donations, and helpful updates with other families.
• Add photos to community posts and view shared images in full screen.
• Explore the redesigned School Shop with categories, featured products, search, and filters.
• Enjoy an updated dashboard, improved navigation, and a more consistent School Ride design.
• Redesigned launch, onboarding, login, payments, loading, and update experiences.
• Improved language support, accessibility, performance, and overall stability.
5.1.0 Aug 17
• Avatar Center: Personalize each child’s profile by choosing their favorite avatar. Avatars now appear across child profiles, behavior insights, absence details, and other supported areas.
• Lost Items: Browse items reported by your transportation company, view photos and videos, check availability, and find contact information if you recognize an item.
• Improved child profile presentation and navigation throughout the app.
• Additional interface refinements, reliability improvements, and bug fixes.
4.2.0 Aug 6
Improved the payment experience with clearer totals, better checkout handling, and more reliable refresh after payments.
This update includes:
- Clearer payment summaries with subtotal, service fee, and total shown correctly.
- Improved support for company-paid fees, so eligible parents only see the amount they need to pay.
- Better handling when selecting multiple payments at once.
- More reliable checkout link opening.
- Faster refresh when returning to the app after payment.
- Improved payments dashboard totals.
- Updated messaging in the Children section.
- General fixes and stability improvements.
4.1.1 Jul 7
* Added Important Updates and behavior updates.
* Improved message language support and notification privacy.
* Improved the first-time login experience.
* General stability and performance improvements.
4.1.0 Jun 26
We’ve made this update focused on a better daily experience for families.
What’s new:
• Improved app appearance in Dark Mode for better readability
• Refreshed colors and styling across key screens for a more consistent look
• Better startup/update checks for a smoother app launch
• Improved Face ID login behavior and reliability
• Fixes in Payments so you can always access payment history
• Updates in Children, Absences, Dashboard, QR, and Settings screens
• General bug fixes and performance improvements
4.0.0 Jun 1
UI Refresh & Visual Improvements
We’ve completely redesigned the visual experience of the app to make School Ride cleaner, more modern, and easier to use for parents and schools.
This update focuses on:
A refreshed and more intuitive user interface
Improved visual organization and readability
Better navigation and overall user experience
Modernized screens, cards, buttons, and tracking views
Enhanced consistency across the entire app
All core features and functionalities remain the same — this release is a visual and usability enhancement designed to make the experience smoother, faster, and more enjoyable for everyday use.
3.0.0 May 26
Paying for school services is now easier and clearer.
A simpler, smoother checkout experience
Clearer payment summary with subtotal, service fee, and total
Better support when paying for multiple services at once
More helpful error messages if a payment is no longer available
Stability improvements and bug fixes for a more reliable app experience
2.6.1 May 5
A refreshed QR profile page with a clearer layout and easier access after scanning.
Parents can now update the QR profile with messages and important info.
New scan notifications help you know when your child’s QR is viewed.
More control over QR creation and visibility options.
Improvements in Activities, plus updates around Leo for a smoother experience.
2.6.0 Apr 6
What’s New in Version 2.4.1
Introducing Teen Accounts
Parents can now set up and manage Teen access directly from the app. This release includes:
• A new Teen setup flow with guided onboarding
• Account status visibility and password reset tools
• Secure credential sharing options, including QR support
• Improved stability and enhanced bilingual support
We’re continuously improving School Ride to make family transportation safer and more connected.
2.5.0 Feb 25
New
- New media experience for Activities with dynamic music and video content.
- Amazon Music is now available in *Listen & Relax*, with improved browsing and search.
- New option to report Absences directly from the menu.
- Faster way to report an absence from a child’s profile.
Improvements
- Smoother and more dynamic Activities experience powered by live content.
- Cleaner media browsing with tabs for Music and Playlists.
- Improved interaction with music cards for quicker access.
- Updated visual consistency for Amazon Music in light and dark mode.
Fixes
- Improved content accuracy for music and video sections.
- General performance, stability, and UI fixes.
2.4.0 Feb 8
Improvements and fixes:
Improved payment flow after completing checkout.
Fixed issues with payment status updates.
General stability improvements.
2.3.0 Jan 20
• Improved onboarding experience with smoother animations.
• Visual refinements across the app for better clarity.
• Notification badge updates now reflect new activity more accurately.
• General performance and stability improvements.
2.2.0 Jan 16
A completely redesigned School Ride experience is here.
• Create your School Ride account even if you’re not connected to a transportation company yet
• A fresh new look and easier navigation
• Improved child profiles and transportation tracking
• A redesigned payments and payment history experience
• Easier communication with your transportation company
• Parent Community, School Ride Shop and Discover experiences
• Custom avatars and enhanced QR Profiles
• Sign in with Apple and Google
• Improved notifications, performance and reliability
Built to keep your family informed, connected and closer to every school ride.
more Version 6.0.0 Sep 29
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