Standby Drivers. 1. Standby positions will be posted and any driver with at least one (1) year or equivalent experience acceptable to the Transportation supervisor may apply. The most senior driver who applies and meets the criteria listed below will be offered the standby position. Any driver more senior than the chosen driver may request an explanation as to which of the criteria the senior driver failed to meet. A new standby driver must serve a probationary period of sixty (60) school days as a standby driver. During that probationary period, either the driver or the District may elect to return the driver to their driving assignment in their previous area with at least the same hourly bar chart time as the driver held prior to accepting the standby job. Temporary standby positions can be established for up to forty five (45) days, after which the standby positions will be posted and filled according to the criteria listed below. 2. Those selected for standby positions must meet the following criteria: a. Good attendance and punctuality history. b. Demonstrate a willingness and ability to drive all District buses. c. Demonstrate a willingness and ability to operate and/or secure all Specialized Transportation equipment, including student mobility and support materials. d. Demonstrate the ability to describe a path of travel the bus would use between two designated locations. e. Demonstrate the ability to drive a bus following written run directions over a designated course within prescribed timelines. 3. All drivers will be given the opportunity to remain qualified for a bus driver certificate which allows them to drive the maximum weight bus that the District has in its fleet.
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