Common use of Special Trips Clause in Contracts

Special Trips. 1. A roster of drivers by Seniority Order and an “Uncompleted Field Trip Report” is to be maintained and posted each Monday by 9:00 a.m. This report will list available trips for the period of Monday through Sunday of the following week. Drivers have the opportunity to sign up for trips by number from the posted field trip report. The sign-up sheet will be removed by the Supervisor/Designee on Thursday. Trips are to be awarded on a rotating basis, starting with the most senior driver each week. All drivers not desiring a trip have the option of deleting their name from the list. A completed field trip report will be posted by the closing of the office on Friday. Please note that in the event of school being closed, (i.e.) in-service days, holiday’s etc., trips will be done on the last day that school is in session for that week. 2. Trips that require a driver involving a vehicle (other than a bus) to haul/move commodities (non-students), shall be offered to members currently employed in the Classification Delivery Driver before being posted for all drivers. Available regular drivers will have first choice for special trips. 3. Trips that need to leave before regular drivers are available may be given to available substitute drivers. Drivers should not sign up for trips that interfere with their regular route times unless driver has made prior arrangements with Transportation Supervisor/Designee because there is a change in that driver’s route for that day,(i.e.) that driver’s school is on break or not in session that day. 4. There shall be no trading of special trips except in case of an emergency (i.e., death or illness in the family), or in the event of a last minute time change which will then be at the discretion of the Transportation Supervisor/Designee. Otherwise, the trip shall be reassigned to the next person on the list. 5. If a trip is cancelled and later rescheduled, that trip should be awarded to the originally assigned driver, providing it does not interfere with a run scheduled to that driver in the interim. 6. All trips may be paid from 30 minutes before scheduled leave time to 30 minutes after the bus is in the garage for cleanup. 7. If a larger capacity bus is needed for a trip, arrangements will be made. 8. Three

Special Trips. 1Bus drivers will drive special trips, with student numbers of fourteen (14) or greater. Trips of thirteen (13) or less will be assigned at the discretion of the supervisor when needed. Special trip assignments will be made according to A through D below. Regular drivers cannot normally bid off their regular runs to take special trips. If a special trip assignment will place a driver into overtime hours, that driver is removed from the special trips assignment process until all drivers and substitute drivers have reached overtime status or no substitute drivers are available. If all drivers and substitute drivers are at overtime status, overtime will be assigned to regular drivers following the procedure outlined below. A. There shall be a special trip roster established with drivers listed in seniority order. Special trips will be offered in rotation beginning with the most senior driver. There shall be a minimum of drivers by Seniority Order two (2) hours driving time on all special trips. B. All special trips will be posted for a period of at least five (5) working days. The special trip posting will be removed on each Thursday morning at 9:00 AM and an “Uncompleted Field Trip Report” cannot be signed after removal. The posting shall state the approximate time duration of each special trip. Each driver who is to be maintained interested in performing a special trip, with time duration in consideration, may sign his/her name for a particular special trip during the posting period. Except in cases of emergency and posted each Monday by 9:00 a.m. This report will list available run conflicting trips, all special trips for the period next work week will be assigned once per week on Thursday, beginning at 9:15 AM. Drivers must be present at the time of Monday through Sunday assignment to accept and be granted a special trip. Drivers absent on the assignment day due to illness, routing, or tripping, only , must confirm their availability, in writing or by telephone, for special trips to the Transportation office or the Union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, by 9:00 AM on the day of assignment or will be considered ineligible. Assignment of special trips during extended school breaks (I.e. Christmas recess, Spring break) will be assigned to eligible driver(s) at the trip meeting preceding the extended break period. Drivers arriving late will not be allowed to select trips unless the delay was job-related. If the school week ends prior to Thursday, the trip meeting will be held on the last workday of the following week. Drivers have the opportunity to sign up for trips by number from will answer the posted field special trip reportschedule by indicating “YES” or “NO”. The sign-up sheet Drivers accepting a trip will be removed by paid at the Supervisor/Designee layover rate of pay for attending the meeting. C. When special trips are reassigned due to, but not limited to, cancellation, a driver may refuse the reassigned trip without prejudice. Upon refusal, the reassigned trip will be offered to the next most senior driver on Thursdaythe special trip roster. In the event that no driver whose name is on the special trip roster wishes to accept the special trip, it shall be offered, to any driver not listed on the roster. If no driver accepts the trip, the Employer may assign the lowest seniority driver on the special trip roster for the trip. D. When a special trip comes in less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the trip date, the trip will be placed on the emergency trip board. Trips are on the emergency board will be offered to be awarded the drivers on a rotating basis, the special trip board starting with the most senior driver each week. All drivers not desiring a trip have the option of deleting their name from the list. A completed field trip report will be posted by the closing of the office on Friday. Please note that in the event of school being closed, (i.e.) in-service days, holiday’s etcdriver., trips will be done on the last day that school is in session for that week. 2. Trips that require a driver involving a vehicle (other than a bus) to haul/move commodities (non-students), shall be offered to members currently employed in the Classification Delivery Driver before being posted for all drivers. Available regular drivers will have first choice for special trips. 3. Trips that need to leave before regular drivers are available may be given to available substitute drivers. Drivers should not sign up for trips that interfere with their regular route times unless driver has made prior arrangements with Transportation Supervisor/Designee because there is a change in that driver’s route for that day,(i.e.) that driver’s school is on break or not in session that day. 4. There shall be no trading of special trips except in case of an emergency (i.e., death or illness in the family), or in the event of a last minute time change which will then be at the discretion of the Transportation Supervisor/Designee. Otherwise, the trip shall be reassigned to the next person on the list. 5. If a trip is cancelled and later rescheduled, that trip should be awarded to the originally assigned driver, providing it does not interfere with a run scheduled to that driver in the interim. 6. All trips may be paid from 30 minutes before scheduled leave time to 30 minutes after the bus is in the garage for cleanup. 7. If a larger capacity bus is needed for a trip, arrangements will be made. 8. Three

Special Trips. Administrative Rules 1. Drivers will be added to the trip board only on the first day of school and first day of the second semester. A roster bus driver may also add his/her name to the trip board on his/her first anniversary date of drivers by Seniority Order and an “Uncompleted Field Trip Report” is hire. Drivers wishing to be maintained and posted each Monday placed on the trip board will notify the transportation supervisor at that time or before. Names will be ordered on the board by 9:00 a.m. This report will list available trips for seniority at the period of Monday through Sunday beginning of the following week. Drivers have school year, and any names added at the opportunity to sign up for trips by number from beginning of the posted field trip report. The sign-up sheet second semester will be removed by placed at the Supervisor/Designee on Thursday. Trips are to be awarded on a rotating basis, starting with the most senior driver each week. All drivers not desiring a trip have the option bottom of deleting their name from the list. A completed field trip report will Names may be posted by the closing of the office on Friday. Please note that in the event of school being closed, (i.e.) in-service days, holiday’s etc., trips will be done on the last day that school is in session for that weekremoved at any time. 2. Trips that require a driver involving a vehicle (other than a bus) to haul/move commodities (non-students), shall be offered to members currently employed in posted before the Classification Delivery Driver before being AM run of Thursday and must be picked by the end of Friday’s AM run. All trips posted for all driversafter Thursday AM will be emergency trips. Available regular drivers When the driver picks up the trip group and leaves the school property, the trip will have first choice for special tripsbe considered taken. 3. Trips that need Drivers are not able to leave before regular drivers are available may be given to available substitute drivers. Drivers should select a trip if they do not sign up for trips that interfere with their regular route times unless driver has made prior arrangements with Transportation Supervisor/Designee because there is a change in that driver’s route for that day,(i.e.) that driver’s school is on break or not in session that daywork the day of the selection. 4. There shall be Should no trading of special trips except in case of an emergency (i.e., death or illness in the familytrip driver accept a special trip(s), or in the event of a last minute time change which will then be at the discretion of the Transportation Supervisor/Designee. Otherwisesupervisor shall offer other drivers, by seniority, the trip opportunity to accept the special trip(s). If no other drivers accept, the supervisor shall be reassigned assign the least senior driver, with at least one (1) year of experience, to the next person on the listspecial trip(s). 5. If a trip is cancelled canceled (not to be rescheduled), the driver will have first selection on the next set of trips. 6. If a trip is canceled before the bus leaves school property and later is to be rescheduled, that trip should remains the trip of the driver scheduled. 7. The transportation supervisor may remove anyone from the trip board at any time for reasons involving the safety of the students and/or equipment. 8. If a driver does not show up for a trip, the transportation supervisor will try to contact that driver. If the transportation supervisor is unable to contact the driver, he will select anyone on the trip board that can make the trip. The person selected will not lose his/her turn on the trip board. The driver who did not show up for the trip may be awarded subject to disciplinary action. 9. An emergency trip is a trip that comes in after each Thursday trip has been assigned. When an emergency trip comes in, the transportation supervisor will select a person from the emergency trip list in rotation. If the person cannot take the trip, the transportation supervisor will move to the originally assigned drivernext person on the list until someone can take the trip. The next time an emergency trip comes up, providing it the transportation supervisor will start from where he left off on the list until someone takes the trip. The token will move each time. 10. Bus drivers holding dual classification status shall be allowed to sign up for all special trips as their rotation occurs if such a special trip does not interfere with a run scheduled to that driver another regular assignment in the interimdistrict. 611. All trips When buses need to be towed, this shall not be considered a special trip and may be paid from 30 minutes before scheduled leave time to 30 minutes after handled by the bus mechanic or supervisor, if the mechanic is in the garage for cleanupnot on duty. 7. If a larger capacity bus is needed for a trip, arrangements will be made. 8. Three

Special Trips. 1. A roster of drivers by Seniority Order and an “Uncompleted Field Trip Report” is to be maintained and posted each Monday by 9:00 a.m. This report will list available trips for the period of Monday through Sunday of the following week and will be updated with any trips that become available after the posting for that week. The roster and “Uncompleted Field Trip Report” shall be posted in the designated area. Drivers have the opportunity to sign up for trips by number from the posted field trip report. The sign-sign- up sheet will be removed by the Supervisor/Designee on ThursdayThursday after the last driver has arrived back at the Transportation Center from their regular scheduled route. Trips Each week, trips are to be awarded on a continuous rotating basis, initially starting with the most senior driver each weekand continuing down the entire seniority roster until all the names on the list have been exhausted. After the list has been exhausted, it will begin again at the top and continuously rotate in the same manner. All drivers not desiring a trip have the option of deleting their name from the list. A completed field trip report will be posted by the closing of the office on Friday. Please note that in the event of school being closed, (i.e.) in-service days, holiday’s etc., trips will be done on the last day that school is in session for that week. 2. Trips that require a driver involving a vehicle (other than a bus) to haul/move commodities (non-students), shall be offered to members currently employed in the Classification Delivery Driver before being posted for all drivers. Available regular drivers will have first choice for special trips. 3. Trips that need to leave before regular drivers are available may be given to available substitute drivers. Drivers should not sign up for trips that interfere with their regular route times unless driver has made prior arrangements with Transportation Supervisor/Designee because there is a change in that driver’s route for that day,(i.e.day, (i.e.) that driver’s school is on break or not in session that day. 4. There shall be no trading of special trips except in case of an emergency (i.e., death or illness in the family), or in the event of a last last-minute time change which will then be at the discretion of the Transportation Supervisor/Designee. Otherwise, the trip shall be reassigned to the next person on the list. 5. If a trip is cancelled and later rescheduled, that trip should be awarded to the originally assigned driver, providing it does not interfere with a run scheduled to that driver in the interim. 6. All trips may be paid from 30 thirty (30) minutes before scheduled leave time to 30 thirty (30) minutes after the bus is in the garage for cleanup. 7. If a larger capacity bus is needed for a trip, arrangements will be made. 8. Three