Nacogdoches ISD uses the SMART tag system to increase safety and provide parents and legal guardians with the ability to monitor their child’s bus in real time.

SMART stands for Secured Mobility Authorized Ridership Technology, as each student who uses district-provided busing will receive a tag that tracks their ridership on the bus both when they step on the vehicle and exit it. This system ensures a student rides on the appropriate bus, eliminating confusion. Each bus features a scanner to scan each student’s SMART tag, which enables real-time monitoring after scanning.

Our mobile app lets you keep track of your student’s bus-riding activity and receive SMART Alerts on the go. 

App registration begins with the Primary Parent – the parent associated with the student in the school district’s system. The primary parent must complete their app registration and confirm their student before any co-parent can register for them.

Co-parents who wish to register for a student must submit a request to the primary parent within the app. In cases where there’s no response from the primary parent, the school district can review and approve. 

The SMART tag Parent App allows parents to:

• View student profiles and scheduled ridership with assigned route information

• Monitor their student's riding activity.

• Sign up to get notified when their student gets on/off the bus at their home stop and school.

• Sign up to get notified when the bus is arriving at their home stop.

• Manage guardians authorized to receive their student at their PM drop-off stop