Route Assignments Sample Clauses

Route Assignments. Management retains the right to assign employees to routes which become permanently or temporarily vacant or to fill positions based on staffing needs. However, such assignment of routes shall not be made arbitrarily, or for reasons unrelated to merit. Rather, Management agrees to consider a number of factors in assigning routes, including but not limited to, seniority in classification, performance evaluations, attendance, vehicular accidents, and knowledge of the various routes.

Route Assignments. 1. Drivers will maintain the same route at the beginning of the school year that they had at the end of the prior year. Drivers shall maintain their regular hours as of the end of the prior year until their new route assignment is assumed. Drivers shall generally be allowed to maintain the same bus assignment as they had at the end of the prior year until the new route assignment is assumed. Vacant routes will be filled until the bid process is completed by substitute drivers or new employees. The routes as defined in Appendix D, will be revised by the Transportation Director and driver designee(s) appointed by the Director. Cost effectiveness, cost efficiency, geographic considerations, run/route/shuttle considerations, and customer service shall serve as some of the cornerstone consideration in establishing runs and routes. All regularly scheduled routes in operation including estimated times, mileage, and the thirty (30) minutes preparation time, shall be posted for selection not later than the Friday preceding the route selection meeting. Extra pay shuttles and mid‐day runs will be bid separately. The most senior employee shall have first choice of a route assignment. Selection shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all regularly scheduled route assignments and mid‐day runs have been assigned. In limited circumstances (includes but is not limited to special educations students, efficiency type of vehicle, etc.) a shuttle may be assigned by the Director. The time spent at route selection meetings is voluntary and as such will not be compensated. A bid meeting will be conducted within four (4) work days of the end of the first twenty

Route Assignments. 1. Routes shall be bid annually in accordance with District seniority. Routes shall be re-bid by seniority between the 2nd and 4th week of the school year. 2. New routes during the school year shall be offered to regular Bus Drivers in order of seniority. If no Bus Driver accepts the route, it shall be filled in accordance with standard procedures. 3. Seniority shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this bargaining agreement and shall be based on the date of hire into the District. 4. All vehicle assignments shall be made by the Transportation Supervisor.

Route Assignments. 1. A route selection meeting for the following school year will be scheduled by April 30th of the current school year, to be held no later than one week prior to the start of the new school year, on a date mutually agreed by the parties, for selection of regularly scheduled routes by seniority. All regularly scheduled routes in operation, including estimated times, which includes preparation time, as defined in Article XIII, 2.A. shall be posted for selection not later than the Friday preceding the route selection meeting. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment to a regular scheduled route. Selections shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all regularly scheduled routes have been assigned. Approximate student print-out will be provided at the route selection meeting. It will be the responsibility of each driver to update these print-outs before the re-bidding process. Drivers will be paid up to three hours pay for attendance at the annual mandatory route selection meeting. Pay will be for the Supervisor’s meeting, route selection and other duties. After the supervisor’s meeting, once a driver has selected a run they may be excused by the supervisor and will sign out for pay purposes. Driver attendance after three hours, to select a route, will be voluntary and without pay. 2. There shall be no bumping of routes during the school year, unless expressly stated elsewhere in this Agreement. When a vacancy in the Transportation Department occurs, the following procedure will be followed; A meeting notice will be posted in the Transportation Department for five (5) working days on the Union bulletin board. This notice will serve to make all bus drivers aware of the vacancy so that anyone interested may attend the assignment meeting. All interested bus drivers will attend the assignment meeting and bid on the first vacancy by seniority. After the first vacancy is filled, any subsequent vacancies will be filled by the employees at the assignment meeting. After the vacancy (ies) has (have) been filled, the final vacancy will be posted. An employee whose route is eliminated or downgraded during the school year by a reduction of 30 minutes or more of driving time shall be allowed to bump any driver with less seniority in order to be assigned a route. A route which is increased by thirty (30) minutes or more of driving time shall be open for bid to more senior drivers. This will be handled in the same ▇▇▇▇▇ as outlined a...

Route Assignments. It is recognized that routes may change over summer due to student transfers and program changes. At the beginning of each school year, all drivers and attendants will retain the same route, or a route with similar hours and similar destinations/pick-ups, to the one they held the previous school year if available. The Director will allow new drivers, and drivers and attendants whose routes have been eliminated or reduced (see 15.5.2), to select routes based on their hire date seniority. All route assignments will be held until the annual bidding process is completed. Should a route become vacant during the school year, it will be posted for bid, or redistributed to other drivers.

Route Assignments. A driver or monitor will not be removed from their assigned route for missing the first day of school because of: • the death of an immediate family member • the death of a close relative; • the death of a member of his/her own household. • Emergency hospital admission of an employee on the first day of school Pre-planned elective surgeries would not qualify as emergency hospital admission.

Route Assignments. Some assignments may involve working with students with needs that require Attendants that meet specific gender or physical ability requirements. These assignments will be available only to Attendants that meet the requirements for the assignment. Prior to the beginning of each school year, transportation will make assignments for Bus Attendants according to the District’s need and the individual’s seniority and eligibility as described above.

Route Assignments. 17.4.1 The District will post notices of regular route vacancies. Notices will include route description, approximate time required to complete the route and the deadline for submitting a request for assignment to the route. 17.4.2 Drivers may submit written requests for assignment to a posted vacant route. 17.4.3 Drivers may submit written requests to exchange routes. Requests for route exchanges may be honored if the District determines the exchange is appropriate. 17.4.4 If the District decides to reassign a driver to a different route, the driver will receive notice of the intended action and the reason for the reassignment. Drivers who have received notice of route reassignment may request a meeting with the Transportation Supervisor to discuss the reassignment and/or suggest alternatives. 17.4.5 In assigning routes, the District will consider the previously expressed interests of senior drivers in maintaining and/or increasing hours of employment.

Route Assignments. The Transportation Manager will open routes for bidding once per year between August 1 and October 30 after information is received from Student Services. Drivers may submit a request for specific routes. The supervisor will consider seniority, experience, skill, cost and the welfare of the children in making the assignment of routes. 11.4.1 After the school year begins, regular drivers may submit a written request to exchange routes. Requests for route reassignment may be considered at the discretion of the District. Decisions may be appealed to the Director of Human Resources for a final determination.