Just a friendly reminder to everyone - if you haven't booked an appointment yet to advance your grades in BUSTOPS so you can start planning your routes for the 2013-2014 school year, you should do so now.
The next 6-9 weeks will fly by and it will be time for the first day of school before we know it.
Have a safe and pleasant summer everyone!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Safe Guard Your Data
I wanted to remind everyone that you should periodically check with your School District's IT Department to make sure your BUSTOPS data is being backed up on a regular basis.
If the data is on a server, you need to make sure it is being backed up by the IT Department through their procedures.
If your BUSTOPS data is on the c drive of a computer in your office, you need to make sure you are backing it up on a regular basis yourself. You can work with your IT Department to create a procedure to backup by copying the data to a server drive, a zip drive, or to CD or DVD, depending on their preference.
Regardless of where the data is saved, if it is lost and no current backup in available, it can be a lot of work to recreate the information.
As always, if you or your IT people wish to discuss this, give us a call.
Hope everyone is enjoying Spring so far!
If the data is on a server, you need to make sure it is being backed up by the IT Department through their procedures.
If your BUSTOPS data is on the c drive of a computer in your office, you need to make sure you are backing it up on a regular basis yourself. You can work with your IT Department to create a procedure to backup by copying the data to a server drive, a zip drive, or to CD or DVD, depending on their preference.
Regardless of where the data is saved, if it is lost and no current backup in available, it can be a lot of work to recreate the information.
As always, if you or your IT people wish to discuss this, give us a call.
Hope everyone is enjoying Spring so far!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Time to Start Planning
Now that Spring is here it's time to start thinking about a game plan for getting ready for the 2013-2014 School Year routing.
If you haven't already setup a GoToMeeting appointment to get your students' grades advanced, you need to think about when that needs to be done.
Once the grades are advanced you need to:
If you are new to using Bustops or if you are opening, closing or moving locations of buildings this school year, you can always call us to discuss the steps specific to your situation and the timing of when you should begin getting ready.
Happy planning!
If you haven't already setup a GoToMeeting appointment to get your students' grades advanced, you need to think about when that needs to be done.
Once the grades are advanced you need to:
- reassign students who switch schools to stops for the new school
- enter your new kindergartners and assign them to stops
- adjust the routes for new stops
- print reports - updated route sheets, updated driving directions, send out letters or post cards to students, or create a file with information to be posted in the newspaper or on your School District's website, etc.
If you are new to using Bustops or if you are opening, closing or moving locations of buildings this school year, you can always call us to discuss the steps specific to your situation and the timing of when you should begin getting ready.
Happy planning!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Holiday Hours
Our office will close on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 4:30 pm and will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 8:00 am.
During this closure if you have an emergency with your BUSTOPS program and need assistance, please e-mail your request to maryb@bustops.com.
The Management and Staff of MicroAnalytics wish you and your families
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thanksgiving Closure
In observance of Thanksgiving, our office will be closed on Thursday, November 22nd and Friday, November 23rd.
We will reopen on Monday, November 26th at 8:00 am.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We will reopen on Monday, November 26th at 8:00 am.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Forward Thinking
So, here we are, 55 days until Christmas and coming up to about half way through the school year.
It's time to start seriously thinking about, and coming up with a game plan, if your School District is looking at making significant route changes for the 2013-2014 school year. These may involve:
We are here to help you with getting the information you need using Bustops. Call and talk to one of our Support Staff to discuss your changes and how to proceed.
Have a great day!
It's time to start seriously thinking about, and coming up with a game plan, if your School District is looking at making significant route changes for the 2013-2014 school year. These may involve:
- creating more efficient routes
- moving from single tier to double tier routing or vice versa
- opening a school(s)
- closing a school(s)
- investigating different bell times
- or just cutting a bus as you have a driver retiring
We are here to help you with getting the information you need using Bustops. Call and talk to one of our Support Staff to discuss your changes and how to proceed.
Have a great day!
Monday, October 1, 2012
October 8th, Office Closed
In Observance of Columbus Day, our office will be closed on Monday, October 8th.
The office will re-open at 8:30 am on Tuesday, October 9th.
We wish you all a nice long weekend.
The office will re-open at 8:30 am on Tuesday, October 9th.
We wish you all a nice long weekend.
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