Common use of ACTIVITY TRIP ASSIGNMENT Clause in Contracts

ACTIVITY TRIP ASSIGNMENT. A. Support drivers and driver’s assistants employed by Xxxxx Public Schools who desire to drive or assist on an activity may sign for activity trips. Assistants may be assigned to trips when requested by the activity sponsor. Assistants will be assigned to trips in the same manner that drivers will be assigned. B. Each activity will be assigned a driver based first on length of time since the driver was last assigned an activity trip and second on seniority. Once the activity supervisor receives a transportation order requiring a driver and places a sign-up sheet in the activity notebook, any non-probationary driver may sign for that activity. The activity will normally be posted a minimum of three days. The activity supervisor will assign the activity to the driver who has gone the longest since an activity was assigned to him/her. Should two or more drivers be tied for the longest period since having an activity trip assigned, the trip will be awarded to the driver with the greatest seniority. Drivers may remove their name from the activity sign-up roster at any time before the activity trip is assigned. However, any driver awarded a trip who later decides that he or she cannot or will not make the trip will be treated for future assignments as if he/she had made the trip. If all qualified drivers decline a trip, the Director of Transportation may assign the trip to any available driver. The Director or Assistant Director of Transportation will deny assigning an activity to a driver or an assistant who is absent from work one day prior to an activity. Drivers will be excluded from being awarded Assistant activities except as approved by the Director or Assistant Director of Transportation. C. A rating scale for drivers is to be developed by the Director of Operations. The rating scale shall include but not be limited to: 1. Attitude and conduct of driver 2. Ability to get along with others 3. Cleanliness of bus 4. How rated by the sponsors If a driver fails to maintain a satisfactory rating, he/she shall be removed from the Activity Driver Selection List until such time as he/she receives satisfactory rating. A driver who has been removed from the Activity Driver Selection List may request a review of his/her rating at any time he/she and the Director of Operations mutually agree that improvement has been made in the areas where deficiencies were noted. After receiving a satisfactory rating said driver will, upon written request, be placed at the bottom of the Activity Driver Selection List. D. All new activity drivers shall be on probation for ninety (90) calendar days before taking a trip. After ninety (90) calendar days probation, the Director of Transportation shall evaluate the driver and determine eligibility for activity trips. If a qualified driver is not available, a probationary driver may be assigned the activity. E. Activity trips shall be posted at least five (5) days prior to trip date. Trip sheets shall be in a notebook in the driver's lounge and shall remain posted for three (3) days to allow drivers to sign up for trips they want. After the three (3) days posting, the driver will be assigned as per Part B and be given twenty-four hours notice. F. A full day driver may take a local activity if it does not interfere with the driver's regular responsibilities. G. Bus drivers who are contracted to work a specific number of hours per day by the Xxxxx Public Schools in other work areas cannot accept activity trips that will overlap their primary obligation, unless an emergency is declared by the Director of Transportation. X. Xx approved by the Director of Transportation, coaches and/or teachers who are properly certified may be permitted to drive activity trips or shuttle runs at no pay. I. During activities, drivers and assistants are required to stay on-site of their activity. Drivers and Assistants may leave the immediate area to get something to eat, however must provide their trip POC with their contact information (cell phone number) in case of emergencies and will not go further away than 2 miles of their assigned activities.

ACTIVITY TRIP ASSIGNMENT. A. Support drivers and driver’s assistants employed by Xxxxx Public Schools who desire to drive or assist on an activity may sign for activity trips. Assistants may be assigned to trips when requested by the activity sponsor. Assistants will be assigned to trips in the same manner that drivers will be assigned. B. Each activity will be assigned a driver driver/bus assistant based first on length of time since the driver employee was last assigned an activity trip and second on seniority. Once the activity supervisor receives a transportation order requiring a driver driver/bus assistant and places a sign-up sheet in the activity notebook, any non-probationary driver employee may sign for that activity. The activity will normally be posted a minimum of three days. The activity supervisor Activity Supervisor will assign the activity to the driver employee who has gone the longest since an activity was assigned to him/her. Should two or more drivers employees be tied for the longest period since having an activity trip assigned, the trip will be awarded to the driver employee with the greatest seniority. Drivers Employees may remove their name from the activity sign-up roster at any time before the activity trip is assigned. However, any driver employee awarded a trip who later decides that he or she cannot or will not make the trip will be treated for future assignments as if he/she had made the trip. If all qualified drivers employees decline a trip, the Director of Transportation Activity Supervisor may assign the trip to any available driveremployee. The Director or Assistant Director of Transportation will deny assigning Should an activity need to be filled with less than a driver or 24-hour notice for any reason (assigned employee not available/assigned employee declining, short notice of trip, etc.) the Activity Supervisor will do a radio “all call” to all non-probationary employees and the first non-probationary employee to respond will be awarded the trip. If no non-probationary employee responds, the Activity Supervisor will do a radio “all call” to all probationary employees and the first probationary employee to respond will be awarded the trip. If there is no response from any employee, the Activity Supervisor may assign any available employee to the trip. Employees will not be allowed to perform an assistant who activity trip if the employee is absent from work one either the day prior to an before or day of the activity. Drivers will be excluded from being awarded Assistant bus assistant activities except as approved by unless no bus assistant signs up for the Director or Assistant Director of Transportationtrip. C. A rating scale for drivers is to be developed by the Director of Operations. The rating scale shall include but not be limited to: 1. Attitude and conduct of driver 2. Ability to get along with others 3. Cleanliness of bus 4. How rated by the sponsors If a driver fails to maintain a satisfactory rating, he/she shall be removed from the Activity Driver Selection List until such time as he/she receives satisfactory rating. A driver who has been removed from the Activity Driver Selection List may request a review of his/her rating at any time he/she and the Director of Operations mutually agree that improvement has been made in the areas where deficiencies were noted. After receiving a satisfactory rating said driver will, upon written request, be placed at the bottom of the Activity Driver Selection List. D. All new activity drivers and bus assistants shall be on probation for ninety sixty (9060) calendar days before taking a tripbeing allowed to do activity trips or mid-day routes/shuttles. After ninety sixty (9060) calendar days probation, the Director of Transportation shall evaluate the driver employee and determine eligibility for activity tripstrips and mid-day routes/shuttles. If a qualified driver employee is not available, a probationary driver employee may be assigned the activity.activity or mid-day route/shuttle E. Activity trips shall be posted at least five (5) days prior to trip date. Trip sheets shall be in a notebook in the driver's lounge and shall remain posted for three (3) days to allow drivers to sign up for trips they want. After the three (3) days posting, the driver will be assigned as per Part B and be given twentyforty-four eight hours noticenotice when possible. F. A full day driver may take a local activity if it does not interfere with the driver's regular responsibilities. G. Bus drivers who are contracted to work a specific number of hours per day by the Xxxxx Public Schools in other work areas cannot accept activity trips that will overlap their primary obligation, unless an emergency is declared by the Director of Transportation. X. Xx H. As approved by the Director of Transportation, coaches and/or teachers who are properly certified may be permitted to drive activity trips or shuttle runs at no pay. I. During activities, drivers and assistants are required to stay on-site of their activity. Drivers and Assistants may leave the immediate area to get something to eat, however must provide their trip POC with their contact information (cell phone number) in case of emergencies and will not go further away than 2 miles of their assigned activities.