Common use of Route Selection Clause in Contracts

Route Selection. Drivers will select routes no later than the end of the third week in August. If a driver is not present for route selection process the absent driver must designate in writing another district employee who consents to do so to make his/her selection. The driver need not give prior notification to the district as to his/her choice of designee or his/her choice of route. The school district may waive the requirement for written notification of a driver's designee only in an emergency that could not have been planned or anticipated in advance of trip selection day. In such instance, oral notification from the driver or the designee is all that is necessary. The oral authorization may be verified by management representatives. The order in which drivers select routes is based upon length of continuous service. The driver with the greatest length of continuous service chooses first and the process continues in this manner down the line until all drivers have made their selections. There shall be at least four (4) Special Education, four (4) kindergarten and four (4) regular education copies of routing books made available for drivers. Routes shall be listed as five-hour, as mid-day (kindergarten and/or shuttle), or as other categories. A driver may select any combination of available routes, except that the routes must be compatible as to time of day, no combination may total more than forty (40) hours per week, and 39 week/8 hour drivers shall work forty (40) hours per week. Kindergarten routes, shuttles, or any other category are available only to drivers who are committed to AM and PM routes. Routes which become available after the initial selection period, which ends on the day before school starts, shall be posted and selected as above, except that they may be assigned to 39 week/8 hour drivers who have not yet been assigned forty (40) hours per week. Once a driver has selected a route or a kindergarten route, the driver may not change that selection until (21) calendar days after the start of the school year. Following this thirty (21) day period, the driver may change each selection one time for the duration of the school year. If no route is available for selection, involuntary assignment as a substitute driver will not constitute a driver’s one-time election. Drivers may elect to change shuttles one time per year. At the time of selection, the administration may designate five (5) 5-hour routes and three (3) mid-day routes (kindergarten and/or shuttles) that are subject to change in the event it is necessary to change a driver's route due to reasons other than discipline. When such a change becomes necessary, the driver will be notified and a meeting held between all affected drivers and the Director of Transportation. If the administration finds the need to make an immediate change, such may occur while an appeal is pending. Drivers may request an Association representative be present at the meeting. If an agreement on a change cannot be reached, an appeal may be made to the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, who will schedule a meeting with the affected drivers and the Director of Transportation. An Association representative may be present at a driver's request. The decision of the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will be final. Said changes are for non-disciplinary reasons only and may not lead to any future discipline or be used in any future disciplinary situations.