Regular Route Vacancies Clause Samples

Regular Route Vacancies. All new and/or vacant regular routes occurring after the annual bidding day(s) and prior to the last ten (10) actual driving days of the regular school year shall be posted individually on the bulletin board in the Transportation Center for three (3) actual driving days during the regular school year, emailed directly to drivers that have a valid email address on file with the Transportation Department and available via the East ▇▇▇▇▇ network. A notification of the posting shall be given to each Bus Driver the day of the posting via the East ▇▇▇▇▇ automated calling system. The posting shall bear the date of posting, a description of the regular route, and approximate work time. Each Bus Driver electing to apply must make application in writing on the form(s) designated by the Director of Transportation or designee within the three (3) actual driving day posting period. All posted regular routes shall be awarded to the Bus Driver applicant with the greatest Transportation Seniority. The awarding and accepting process shall not take longer than two (2) actual driving days after the posting period. In the event the most senior driver does not respond or is unavailable within one and one half (1 ½) actual driving days after the end of the posting, the route will be awarded to them by default. The above process will be repeated a maximum of 3 times, if necessary, before any awarded driver will start on the awarded route. The Director of Transportation shall provide the Association president the names of all Bus Driver applicants within five (5) actual working days following the awarding of a regular route vacancy (ies). In the event addition(s) are made to regular routes following the annual bidding day(s), the addition(s) shall first be offered in order of greatest Bus Driver Seniority to those Bus Drivers whose regular route is compatible with the addition(s). In the event none of the Bus Drivers accept the addition(s), the Director of Transportation shall assign the addition(s) to the Bus Driver(s) with the least Bus Driver Seniority whose regular route is compatible with the addition(s). A. The vacating of all routes every year has been eliminated. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year regular routes shall be a bid/no bid cycle of four years with the cycle starting over whenever all routes are vacated and the associated bidding occurs. The summer of 2015 for the 2015-16 school year shall be a bid year. The Association President and the Transportation Dir...