Trip Assignment and Posting Procedures Clause Samples
Trip Assignment and Posting Procedures. 1. The requesting party must request the trip in accordance with Board policy. The run week will commence Sunday 12:00 a.m. and conclude the following Saturday 11:59 p.m.
2. The Transportation Supervisor will establish a continuous rotation schedule of field trips based on the seniority of the drivers, including relief drivers. Drivers may bid on these trips when not assigned or performing his/her contract assignment.
3. A list of field trips for the following week will be posted on Monday by 1:00 p.m., bid on by the drivers by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, and awarded by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. If Monday is a holiday, then the posting week shall begin on Tuesday, with picks due on Wednesday and final scheduling on Thursday. Any driver not interested in taking trips will initial the selection sheet.
4. A selection sheet noting the seniority rotation will be posted along with the Field Trip List. The seniority rotation shall begin each school year with the most senior driver.
5. Trips are selected by rotation, starting with the most senior driver, and continues until: all trip selections are made, or; the least senior driver has picked a trip, or; the time deadline has been passed.
6. A driver may choose more than one trip per day if he/she is eligible to do so, and there is a minimum of two (2) hours between the scheduled end of the first trip and the start of the second trip.
7. Emergency trips will be assigned first to available regular drivers and relief drivers who are not assigned a substitute route that day and then to substitute drivers without consideration of seniority in either case.
8. Canceled Trips – A minimum of two hours shall be paid to drivers for a trip which is canceled with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice.
9. Overnight trip assignments will continue to be made using current practice procedures as outlined below: All drivers will be on a rotation list for overnight trips. Trips will be assigned regardless of whether a driver has a regular assignment that conflicts with the overnight trip times and Article 20, Section 6, line 11 will not be enforced. If any overnight trips prevent the Board of Education from running any regular daily route because of a lack of available vehicles or drivers (regular or substitute) or there exists a significant chance that either daily routes or the overnight field trip may not be able to be run as scheduled, the Board of Education reserves the right to cancel the overnight assignment Per Article 20, Section 6...
