Common use of Methods of Communication Clause in Contracts

Methods of Communication. The Transportation Department will notify operators of field trips via an email alert triggered by the field trip program. All operators are required to have district email accounts and check them regularly throughout the school year. The Transportation Department will contact operators by email, phone, and/or school messenger alerting them of an upcoming field trip. The operator has until close of business of the next business day to accept or decline the trip with the Transportation Department. If the operator does not reply, the Transportation Department will send the operator a reminder notification. The operator has until close of business the next business day to respond to the reminder notification, accepting or declining the field trip. If the operator does not respond by the suspense for the reminder notification, the Transportation Department will decline the field trip on behalf of the said operator and move the operator to the bottom of the order of merit list and subsequently offer the trip to the next operator on the board order. Once the next operator completes the trip, Transportation will move that operator to the bottom of the order of merit list.