ATLANTA, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- East Coast
Diversified Corporation (OTCBB: ECDC), parent company of
StudentConnect, announced today that the Gordon County school system in northern
Georgia has signed an agreement
for a pilot program of the StudentConnect technology. The school
district will agree to a district wide implementation upon a
successful pilot program.
The StudentConnect technology provides real-time notification to
parents and school transportation officials when students fail to
get on the school bus; enters or exits the school bus at the wrong
stop. The system will also send notifications regarding any other
anomaly that may occur during transit. StudentConnect notify
parents within 5 minutes of bus arrival. Initial pilot will be
installed on school buses at Tolbert Elementary School and will be
conducted between 2-4 weeks.
"StudentConnect will allow us to safely and effectively track
the pick-up and drop off of students, this will also afford us a
tool to monitor the pick-up and drop off times. With no expense to
tax payers or parents," said Geary
Cooper, Director School Transportation, GCBE
StudentConnect uses ECDC's proprietary "wireless communication
between GPS and UHF RFID interrogators" technology to deliver
notifications to parents and school officials. StudentConnect is a
free service sponsored by local and corporate advertisers. The
system is provided to School districts at zero cost for both
hardware and ongoing communication services.
"It's nice to see that StudentConnect pilot program will be
tested near where I'm from," Andre
Fluellen, NFL defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions, said.
"I know people with kids who go to school in Gordon County and are not home when the kids
leave or return from school, so I'm glad to see the kids will be a
bit safer, and the parents will have peace of mind. This was a good
decision by Gordon County Board of
Education. As StudentConnect rolls out to other schools,
parents and kids will benefit significantly from this technology,"
he concluded.
Fluellen has taken on the role of spokesperson for
StudentConnect, driven by his long standing interest in youth
programs and children safety. Along with NFL running back
Ronnie Brown he runs a football camp
for 125 kids, ages 8 to 18, at Cartersville High School in
Bartow County, which is adjacent
to Gordon County. (For more
information about the football camp, contact: Nakia Clarke at Nakia@proworthyglobal.com.)
"We are at the beginning of deployment of StudentConnect
technology to schools across the country. Transportation
administrators and parents can now breathe a little easier because
of this technology. It adds a new dimension to child safety while
riding on school buses and will bring efficiency to the management
of students riding on school buses. StudentConnect has a zero cost
to all schools that choose to participate," said Kirk Williams, ECDC's Chief Technology
Officer
About East Coast Diversified Corporation (ECDC.QB)
- ECDC is a holding corporation with a diversified group
of technology companies. Its business portfolio includes companies
offering technology for logistics and asset management, media
entertainment, transportation safety and social media
applications.
About StudentConnect
StudentConnect, a division of ECDC, is an integrated
comprehensive student transportation and class attendance
management system. We use the world's first wireless communications
between GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) and Passive UHF RFID
(Radio Frequency Identification) to provide the most advanced
school transportation and attendance information to parents and
schools in real time. For more information
visit: www.studentconnect.us
For more information on ECDC and its group of companies, please
visit www.eastcoastdiversified.com.
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