Common use of Regular Bus Routes Clause in Contracts

Regular Bus Routes. 1. All regular bus routes (including kindergarten routes) shall be posted and filled in accordance with Article 24 of this Agreement. 2. Every driver, excluding unassigned drivers as defined in Paragraph 6 below, shall have a regular scheduled run. The runs shall be guaranteed as follows: a. Full-time 4.5 hours per day; b. Part-time 2.25 hours per day. 3. The time calculated for runs (4.5 hours and 2.25 hours) shall include: a. loading time; b. thirty (30) minutes for pre-trip inspection and cleaning time; c. dead head time. If any run exceeds the guaranteed run hours on a regular basis, the Board will either restructure the route or pay the driver for the time in excess of the guaranteed run time. A driver with a kindergarten route shall have the option of keeping or giving up the kindergarten route for the next school year. The driver must notify his/her supervisor by June 15 if he/she is opting to give up the route. All such waived routes shall be posted in accordance with Article 24. If no driver bids for the kindergarten route, the Board shall have the right to assign the route to the least senior driver (full- or part-time). 4. The Board may permit drivers of handicapped routes to have the option of taking their buses home. 5. The District shall have the right to hire one (1) or more unassigned driver(s). The driver(s) shall not be assigned to a regular and/or kindergarten route. Unassigned driver(s) shall have the right to be placed on the extra trip rotation list. The driver(s) will be used to substitute for absent drivers. When possible, unassigned driver(s) shall be used to fill the routes of regular drivers who waive their routes or a portion of their routes to drive extra trips. No regular route driver may be involuntarily transferred to the position of unassigned driver. All unassigned drivers shall be guaranteed 4.5 hours of work per day for full-time drivers and 2.25 hours of work per day for part-time drivers.