Route Scheduling. All scheduling of routes shall be completed as soon as practical prior to registration. All routes and extension routes shall be posted for review prior to the first selection day in the driver’s lounge. Extension and/or kindergarten routes shall only be available to drivers who concurrently hold a route. Routes and extension routes shall not be established solely for the purpose of minimizing the fringe benefits of the employee. During the school term, the Director of Transportation, or his/her designee, shall provide at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, to both the affected driver and the Union president, before he/she alters a driver’s route by ten (10) minutes or more (which shall be non-cumulative). All routes that are vacated during a school term shall be posted for bidding within forty-eight (48) hours. By October 1st of each school year, the Union president shall receive a copy of all routes, which shall include the approximate times of departure and return. Updates shall be given to the Union president as new routes or extension routes are established during the school year. The Director of Transportation, or his/her designee, shall provide the Union president with the name, address, and telephone number of any newly hired employees within ten (10) school days of said employee’s first day on the job. Notices of vacancies which occur during the summer shall be sent to employees who are not employed during the summer and who request such information in writing, by mail to the employee’s last known address. Effective June 1, 2007, a regular or extension route shall be considered vacant if the employee holding such route is unable to perform his/her job duties for a period of sixty (60) school days, at which time such vacancy shall be posted and employees will be given the opportunity to bid on such route. The Union president shall be notified of the vacancy. Employees on leave as defined in Article 11 of this Agreement shall not be permitted to change, switch or extend routes while on leave. Employees who have been on leave for sixty (60) or more school days preceding the assignment of summer school routes shall not be eligible to bid on summer routes.
Route Scheduling. Weather and safety permitting, the Contractor shall schedule his/her route so that students arrive on campus each school day before the start of the first class. Contractor shall arrive on campus to pick up students at the end of each school day before the end of the last class period. These times may be set/changed as deemed reasonable by the Director of Transportation.
