NEW Routes with stops, zones and pick up times

The morning run,
live on one screen.

Plan every road, tick every child with one tap, and let parents know the moment their child is on the bus. Routes, trips, fleet, costs and incidents, all in Somaplus.

0transport pages
0tap to tick a child
Liveparent alerts
Test School
Stop 1 · Namanga RoadBlue gateBehind the petrol station
Stop 1 · MilimaniHouse 14Next to the church
Stop 1 · Acacia DriveGreen kioskAt the corner, by the water tank
3 runs on the road · 0 of 24 ticked
How a morning works

Four steps. Zero phone calls.

The office plans it once. The driver follows it every day. Parents and directors see what happened, as it happens.

Plan the road

Stops, zones, children in order and the time each one is picked.

Start the run

The driver starts the trip on the teacher app. Parents hear the bus is on its way.

Tick every child

Tap the learner's card on the phone, or press Mark present. Their parent gets an alert.

Watch it live

Every run and every tick on the Trips page, with each tick on a map.

Routes

A manifest that builds itself.

Name the road, add the stops in order and pick the bus. Add every child in one go, set each pick up time, and drag to change the order.

  • Stops with real directions, like "blue gate, behind the petrol station"
  • Each stop carries its zone, and the zone's fee item holds the price
  • Only learners invoiced for transport this term can ride
  • Two lists that matter: riding but not paying, paying but on no bus
  • Every change written to the history, with who made it
Namanga Road
Morning pick up · Routes
Active
KTEST 001Test Driver 1Leaves 6:20
0Riding, not paying
0Paying, on no bus
Driver's roll call

Tap a card. Child ticked.

Drivers use the teacher app they already have. Each learner's card taps on the phone, the learner's photo card pops up to confirm it's the right child, and one more tap marks them picked up.

  • Tap a card on the phone, or press Mark present in the list
  • The same card twice in a row is ignored, no double ticks
  • Parents get an alert the moment their child is ticked
  • The bus's position is saved with each tick
TEST SCHOOLLEARNER
Test Learner 1Grade 3
Teacher app · Today's tripNamanga Road · Pick up
0 of 5 on the bus · KTEST 001
Trips

Every run, right now.

Today's runs first: not started, on the road or finished, with how many children are ticked. Open a run to see each tick, in order, on a map.

  • Filter by day, road, bus or driver
  • Each child with their tick and its time
  • Download the day as a spreadsheet
Today's runsTrips
Milimani Avenue · each tick in order
Front desk

Exempt until paid. Back on by itself.

Put a learner with unpaid fees on the no pick list "until paid". The driver's list leaves them out. The day the balance is cleared, they're back on the next run, with nobody lifting a finger.

  • From a date, to a date, until paid, or until a manager lifts it
  • One learner or a whole list from the fees dial
  • Email the day's no pick list to the transport manager, previewed first
TL
Test Learner 3Grade 4
Fee balanceKES 7,500
Exempt from transportUntil paid
Teacher app · Next run
TLTest Learner 1On list
TLTest Learner 2On list
TLTest Learner 3Left off
TLTest Learner 4On list
M‑Pesa payment receivedKES 7,500 for Test Learner 3 · balance cleared
Fleet

No bus runs on expired cover.

Every bus with its driver, its runs and children, what it cost this term, and two countdowns: when the insurance cover ends and when the next service is due. Anything within thirty days is flagged.

3 buses1 cover ending soon2 services due
Transport costs

What each bus really costs.

Fuel, repairs, service and insurance in one list. Drivers enter fuel from the teacher app, the office enters the rest. See it per bus, per type, per month and per term.

  • Fuel with litres and the odometer reading
  • The buses that cost the most, at the top
  • Download the list as a spreadsheet
Transport costsTerm 3
AllFuelRepairServiceInsurance
KES 0this term
FuelRepairServiceInsurance
Fuel from the teacher app is marked as suchDownload
Incidents

Reported from the bus. Closed in the office.

A flat tyre, a breakdown, a delay. The driver reports it from the teacher app and it lands in the occurrence book with its own number, ready to act on.

  • Numbered entries that can't be quietly changed
  • Add notes and photos as evidence
  • Tell parents and directors, and see who gets it first
  • Mark it actioned, then resolved
Occurrence book
Category · Transport
This week
Add a noteAdd a photoTell parentsMark resolved
Everyone on the run

Each person sees their part.

Directors

  • Costs per bus, per term
  • Cover and service countdowns
  • Riding but not paying, by name

Transport managers

  • Routes, stops and zones
  • Today's runs, live
  • Incidents in the occurrence book

Drivers

  • The day's list on the phone
  • Tap a card to tick a child
  • Fuel and incidents from the bus

Parents

  • Bus on its way
  • Picked up, with the bus plate
  • Dropped off
Coming soon

Two homes, one school run.

For families who live in two places. Pick ups that follow the week the family agreed, Mum's gate on some days and Dad's on others, shown on the driver's list. We're building it now.

MotherBlue gateMon · Tue · Wed
FatherHouse 14Thu · Fri

Calmer mornings start this term.

See your own routes, buses and learners in Somaplus. A demo takes twenty minutes.