Common use of ROUTE OPENINGS Clause in Contracts

ROUTE OPENINGS. Appointed drivers/attendants, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open routes become available in the same geographic area. Employees who relocate or move out of the geographic area will be allowed to move, in a timely manner, to an open route in another area until the open route is bid. Their current route must be covered by another driver/attendant before the move can take effect. 1. Employees will be allowed to place (3) bids per bid period. The Employer is obligated to consider all bids placed by the employee in the order of preference the bids were entered. Once the employee is offered a bid, then all other bids will be discarded and not considered. It is the employee’s responsibility to clearly mark his/her bid indicating priority order. 2. Employees will be notified of the status of their bid, within five (5) consecutive workdays of the closing of the bid. Once the Employer has offered the bid to the successful bidder, the employee has three (3) days to accept or reject it. Acceptance or rejection must be in writing and must be done within three (3) days of notification. The operations department secretary must receive notification no later than the close of business on the 3rd workday. Failure to accept or reject, in writing, or failure to meet three-day timeline, will be considered an automatic rejection. 3. Employees will have five (5) workdays, after assuming the new run or route, to return to their previous route, without penalty. Drivers/attendants may only change positions once per semester or once every 90 days, whichever period is longer. Exception: Employees may bid on additional time runs as they become available providing they do not drop any run/route they have obtained by successful bid within the past forty-five (45) calendar days. 4. A bidding employee will retain all routes and extra assigned time until bids have been offered and accepted. After route acceptance, assigned additional time or a two (2) hour callout will remain with the assigned employee/route until the route exceeds eight (8) hours per day or the driver relinquishes the route or the route changes to the degree that making the additional time is no longer possible. 5. All openings after the last bid cycle of the current school year will be posted during the first bid cycle of the upcoming school year. Bid Cycles: All additional time runs, CBI, CE, OJT, OTP, etc., will be bid during the first bid cycle of each school year. Routes shall be bid out once each semester for a total of two in one year. Bids will be posted beginning the fourth (4th) week of each semester. In the event a route becomes open between bids, Management will determine who is to fill the route with the understanding that the route will be bid during the next bid cycle. In the event additional time runs becomes available during the year, the additional time will be offered to the most senior appointed employee who is eligible, in the geographic area, with the understanding that the additional time runs will be bid the first bid cycle of every year. Open routes at the end of each bid cycle will be made available to appointed employees as deemed necessary by Management. 6. For Wheelchair lift bus routes and/or bus routes that transport special needs students to or from a learning center school (such as Xxxx X’Xxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Academy, Victory Ridge Academy, etc.), all appointed drivers/attendants must pass annual training and additional dexterity requirements as determined by the ESE Center School Committee. Appointed drivers/attendants that have passed the annual training and additional dexterity requirements, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open center school routes become available in the same geographic area. 7. Union Bus Driver and Attendant Vice President will be supplied a copy of the final result of the bid award by area. If requested, access will be allowed to each driver/attendant bid submittal.

ROUTE OPENINGS. Appointed drivers/attendants, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open routes become available in the same geographic area. Employees who relocate or move out of the geographic area will be allowed to move, in a timely manner, to an open route in another area until the open route is bid. Their current route must be covered by another driver/attendant before the move can take effect. 1. Employees will be allowed to place (3) bids per bid period. The Employer is obligated to consider all bids placed by the employee in the order of preference the bids were entered. Once the employee is offered a bid, then all other bids will be discarded and not considered. It is the employee’s responsibility to clearly mark his/her bid indicating priority order. 2. Employees will be notified of the status of their bid, within five (5) consecutive workdays of the closing of the bid. Once the Employer has offered the bid to the successful bidder, the employee has three (3) days to accept or reject it. Acceptance or rejection must be in writing and must be done within three (3) days of notification. The operations department secretary must receive notification no later than the close of business on the 3rd workday. Failure to accept or reject, in writing, or failure to meet three-day timeline, will be considered an automatic rejection. 3. Employees will have five (5) workdays, after assuming the new run or route, to return to their previous route, without penalty. Drivers/attendants may only change positions once per semester or once every 90 days, whichever period is longer. Exception: Employees may bid on additional time runs as they become available providing they do not drop any run/route they have obtained by successful bid within the past forty-five (45) calendar days. 4. A bidding employee will retain all routes and extra assigned time until bids have been offered and accepted. After route acceptance, assigned additional time or a two (2) hour callout will remain with the assigned employee/route until the route exceeds eight (8) hours per day or the driver relinquishes the route or the route changes to the degree that making the additional time is no longer possible. 5. All openings after the last bid cycle of the current school year will be posted during the first bid cycle of the upcoming school year. Bid Cycles: All additional time runs, CBI, CE, OJT, OTP, etc., will be bid during the first bid cycle of each school year. Routes shall be bid out once each semester for a total of two in one year. Bids will be posted beginning the fourth (4th) week of each semester. In the event a route becomes open between bids, Management will determine who is to fill the route with the understanding that the route will be bid during the next bid cycle. In the event additional time runs becomes available during the year, the additional time will be offered to the most senior appointed employee who is eligible, in the geographic area, with the understanding that the additional time runs will be bid the first bid cycle of every year. Open routes at the end of each bid cycle will be made available to appointed employees as deemed necessary by Management. 6. For Wheelchair lift bus routes and/or bus routes that transport special needs students to or from a learning center school (such as Xxxx X’Xxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Academy, Victory Ridge Academy, etc.), all appointed drivers/attendants must pass annual training and additional dexterity requirements as determined by the ESE Center School Committee. Appointed drivers/attendants that have passed the annual training and additional dexterity requirements, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open center school routes become available in the same geographic area. 7. Union Bus Driver and Attendant Vice President will be supplied a copy of the final result of the bid award by area. If requested, access will be allowed to each driver/attendant bid submittal.

ROUTE OPENINGS. Appointed Regular drivers/attendants, attendants according to seniority, seniority shall be given first consideration when new or open routes become available in the same geographic area. Employees who relocate or move out of the geographic area will be allowed to move, in a timely manner, to an open route in another area until the open route is bid. Their current route must be covered by another driver/attendant before the move can take effect. 1. Employees will be allowed to place (3) bids per bid period. The Employer employer is obligated to consider all bids placed by the employee in the order of preference the bids were entered. Once the employee is offered a bid, bid then all other bids will be discarded and not considered. It is the employee’s responsibility to clearly mark his/her bid indicating priority order. 2. Employees will be notified of the status of their bid, within five (5) consecutive workdays of the closing of the bid. Once the Employer employer has offered the bid to the successful bidder, the employee has three (3) days to accept or reject it. Acceptance or rejection must be in writing and must be done within three (3) days of notification. The operations department secretary must receive notification no later than the close of business on the 3rd workday. Failure to accept or reject, in writing, or failure to meet three-day timeline, will be considered an automatic rejection. 3. Employees will have five (5) workdays, after assuming the new run or route, to return to their previous route, without penalty. Drivers/attendants may only change positions once per semester or once every 90 days, days whichever period is longer. Exception: Employees may bid on additional time runs as they become available providing they do not drop any run/route they have obtained by successful bid within the past forty-five (45) calendar days. 4. A bidding employee will retain all routes and extra assigned time until bids have been offered and accepted. After route acceptance, assigned additional time or a two (2) hour callout will remain with the assigned employee/route until the route exceeds eight (8) hours per day or the driver relinquishes the route or the route changes to the degree that making the additional time is no longer possible. 5. All openings after the last bid cycle of the current school year will be posted during the first bid cycle of the upcoming school year. Bid Cycles: All additional time runs, CBI, CE, OJT, OTP, etc., will be bid during the first bid cycle of each school year. Routes shall be bid out once each semester for a total of two in one year. Bids will be posted beginning the fourth (4th) week of each semester. In the event a route becomes open between bids, Management will determine who is to fill the route with the understanding that the route will be bid during the next bid cycle. In the event additional time runs becomes available during the year, the additional time will be offered to the most senior appointed employee who is eligible, in the geographic area, with the understanding that the additional time runs will be bid the first bid cycle of every year. Open routes at the end of each bid cycle will be made available to appointed employees as deemed necessary by Management. 6. For Wheelchair lift bus routes and/or bus routes that transport special needs students to or from a learning center school (such as Xxxx X’Xxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Academy, Victory Ridge Academy, etc.), all appointed drivers/attendants must pass annual training and additional dexterity requirements as determined by the ESE Center School Committee. Appointed drivers/attendants that have passed the annual training and additional dexterity requirements, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open center school routes become available in the same geographic area. 7. Union Bus Driver and Attendant Vice President will be supplied a copy of the final result of the bid award by area. If requested, access will be allowed to each driver/attendant bid submittal.

ROUTE OPENINGS. Appointed drivers/attendants, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open routes become available in the same geographic area. Employees who relocate or move out of the geographic area will be allowed to move, in a timely manner, to an open route in another area until the open route is bid. Their current route must be covered by another driver/attendant before the move can take effect. 1. Employees will be allowed to place (3) bids per bid period. The Employer is obligated to consider all bids placed by the employee in the order of preference the bids were entered. Once the employee is offered a bid, then all other bids will be discarded and not considered. It is the employee’s responsibility to clearly mark his/her bid indicating priority order. 2. Employees will be notified of the status of their bid, within five (5) consecutive workdays of the closing of the bid. Once the Employer has offered the bid to the successful bidder, the employee has three (3) days to accept or reject it. Acceptance or rejection must be in writing and must be done within three (3) days of notification. The operations department secretary must receive notification no later than the close of business on the 3rd workday. Failure to accept or reject, in writing, or failure to meet three-day timeline, will be considered an automatic rejection. 3. Employees will have five (5) workdays, after assuming the new run or route, to return to their previous route, without penalty. Drivers/attendants may only change positions once per semester or once every 90 days, whichever period is longer. Exception: Employees may bid on additional time runs as they become available providing they do not drop any run/route they have obtained by successful bid within the past forty-five (45) calendar days. 4. A bidding employee will retain all routes and extra assigned time until bids have been offered and accepted. After route acceptance, assigned additional time or a two (2) hour callout will remain with the assigned employee/route until the route exceeds eight (8) hours per day or the driver relinquishes the route or the route changes to the degree that making the additional time is no longer possible. 5. All openings after the last bid cycle of the current school year will be posted during the first bid cycle of the upcoming school year. Bid Cycles: All additional time runs, CBI, CE, OJT, OTP, etc., will be bid during the first bid cycle of each school year. Routes shall be bid out once each semester for a total of two in one year. Bids will be posted beginning the fourth (4th) week of each semester. In the event a route becomes open between bids, Management will determine who is to fill the route with the understanding that the route will be bid during the next bid cycle. In the event additional time runs becomes available during the year, the additional time will be offered to the most senior appointed employee who is eligible, in the geographic area, with the understanding that the additional time runs will be bid the first bid cycle of every year. Open routes at the end of each bid cycle will be made available to appointed employees as deemed necessary by Management. 6. For Wheelchair lift bus routes and/or bus routes that transport special needs students to or from a learning center school (such as Xxxx X’Xxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Learning Center, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Academy, Victory Ridge Academy, etc.), all appointed drivers/attendants must pass annual training and additional dexterity requirements as determined by the ESE Center School Committee. Appointed drivers/attendants that have passed the annual training and additional dexterity requirements, according to seniority, shall be given first consideration when new or open center school routes become available in the same geographic area. 7. Union Bus Driver and Attendant Vice President will be supplied a copy of the final result of the bid award by area. If requested, access will be allowed to each driver/attendant bid submittal.