– Annual Route Bidding Procedure. All routes will be open for bid three (3) consecutive days in September that allows the District at least seven (7) school days to determine appropriate routes for the year and permits employees at least three (3) days to select health benefits before the close of open enrollment. The dates of the bid will be announced by September 1 each year. The routes will be awarded according to seniority and then not rebid until the following school year. The hours chosen on the bid days will become each driver’s employment authorization time. Drivers not available during the open bid will be responsible for notifying Transportation prior to bid to view routes and make their priority selections according to seniority. Drivers will be awarded routes according to seniority and the order of their selections on routes still available. Due to the fluctuations of students and programs at the beginning of the school year, all special education routes will be posted and bid at eight (8) hours. Exceptions would be special education routes that did not have an employment authorization of eight (8) hours at the end of the prior school year and all new special education routes. Any driver’s posted hours that increases by more than thirty (30) minutes from the day after the annual bid through the end of the school year will be posted to the senior driver based on who bids on those hours. All or part of the posted hours will be awarded to the senior driver based on run efficiency. These will be Transportation Department postings only and will be posted for three (3) working days. Should a driver’s posted hours be decreased fifteen (15) minutes or more per day, the driver will have the right to bump anywhere his/her seniority takes them. Drivers with a change in routes will be allowed to drive their new routes (with pay) to become acquainted with them. Any routes requiring more than two (2) hours of practice run time must have prior approval from the manager.
– Annual Route Bidding Procedure
