Transportation Work Provisions. A. Recognizing that employees in the transportation classification present special problems, the parties agree that shifts (work assignments) shall be established in that classification in relation to routes and driving times needed to fulfill tasks assigned by the Transportation Supervisor. The driving time for assignments is determined by the Transportation Supervisor and shall be adequate to perform the duties required. Additional time beyond the drivers’ scheduled time must be preapproved by the Transportation Supervisor. In the event a driver’s time is consistently inaccurate, the driver or the District shall ask for a review of the route time. The supervisor shall ride no less than three (3) times as part of the review. At the conclusion of the review, the supervisor shall provide a written decision to the driver on whether the route time will be changed. Actual authorized driving time shall be compensated at the driver rate. Time shall be documented by the time sheet. Stand by at out of district activities and any time spent performing other duties than actual driving, such as time spent pre and post driving checking, cleaning, or fueling buses, will be compensated at the employee’s regular hourly rate. Hourly wages do not include sleep time for overnight trips. All trips other than regular daily scheduled bus runs shall be called extra trips, and shall be compensated at the employee’s regular hourly rate. Off duty time during overnight trips will not be compensated. Employees hired by the District to drive buses will be the only ones allowed to drive buses with the exception that, the transportation supervisor, or bus mechanics, shall be allowed to drive bus routes or extra activity trips in emergencies or by special arrangement with the drivers. During the regular calendar school year, the District reserves the right to use alternative methods of transportation for extra trips when the number of passengers to be transported, including the driver, is eight (8) or fewer. Outside of the regular calendar school year, the District reserves the right to use alternative methods of transportation for extra trips when the number of passengers to be transported, including the driver, is twelve (12) or fewer.
