Common use of Compounding Clause in Contracts

Compounding. a. Prior to the bid session, each school bus route shall be assigned a compounding site which will be the assigned parking location. A bus operator who temporary bids on a route shall be expected to store the bus at the storage site assigned to the temporary bid route. If the bus operator returns to his/her permanent route he/she shall return to the same storage site. Buses shall not be stored a locations other than the designated storage site unless specifically authorized by the Transportation Department. b. The Transportation Department may reassign buses from an assigned compounding site to an alternate compounding site when operational flow or site capacity is an issue. Compound site assignments shall be reviewed and reassigned as necessary each year to ensure efficiency. c. If the Transportation Department determines that a bus stored away from District property poses a maintenance burden, security risk, or community concern, the bus operator may be directed to store the bus at the nearest available compound site with five (5) days’ notice, whenever practical. d. A bus operator who stores his/her bus at their home shall be required to conduct bus starts (no more than one (1) per day) at the direction of the Transportation Department without additional compensation during the regular school year when school is not in session (i.e., winter and spring breaks). e. A bus operator who faces a compelling hardship associated with compounding may seek temporary relief from compounding from his/her route manager and may be permitted to store his/her bus at a temporary storage site for a limited time. f. When there are concerns over favoritism or bias in the reassignment of buses and routes from assigned compounding, or in the determination of hardships or the revocation of hardship relief under this Article, appeals are available through the Director of Transportation. The BEC may review concerns that remain after appeals to the Director.