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Rite-Solutions, a Middletown software company, is trying to convince a group of schools in Georgia to try out its new, futuristic system for monitoring school buses. The price tag for participating in the experiment: $10 million.

Rite-Solutions is one of two finalists for a contract put out to bid recently in Georgia.

James R. Lavoie (see photo above), one of the company's founders, discussed the new system this morning at a meeting of the state Economic Policy Council, Governor Carcieri's top economic advisors.

The system would allow administrators and parents to remotely track both bus and passenger, and facilitate automatic calls, e-mails and text messages alerting parents that a bus is nearing its destination. Under the company's proposal, parents would pay to subscribe to the system, providing additional revenue to the company and funds for the schools.

Governor Carcieri, who favors a statewide transportation system and a relaxing of a requirement that bus monitors accompany all students in Rhode Island, praised the Rite-Solutions system. "This could be a huge model," he said.

For more on Rite-Solutions, click here for a 2006 New York Times profile on the company.

 Tags  business economic development Economic Development Corporation Economic Policy Council economy education Governor Carcieri Rite Solutions technology

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