Case Study: Poway Unified School District achieves real-time fleet visibility, streamlined operations, and cost savings with Zonar Systems

Poway Unified School District - Customer Case Study

Poway Unified School District, the 21st largest district in California serving more than 37,000 students across 100 square miles, operates 131 bus routes with about 4,000 daily riders (including 1,000 special needs students) and 2,800 annual field trips. The transportation department needed a single, real-time platform to combine routing, GPS, payroll and time-and-attendance data, improve budget visibility, and proactively communicate route and timing changes to drivers and parents—replacing fragmented screens, paper schedules and slow decision-making.

Poway integrated Zonar smart-fleet hardware and software with Bytecurve 360 and Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 tablets to unify routing, dispatch, GPS, and payroll into one dashboard. The result: real-time planned-vs.-actual visibility, automated alerts, paperless onboard routing, improved on-time performance and student safety, streamlined payroll and contract management, reduced labor costs, and fewer missed pickups.

Poway Unified School District

Tim Purvis

Director