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Routes, field trips, and activity assignments

Bus drivers are required to make all assigned field or activity trips unless the driver has a legitimate
reason to refuse an assignment. Routes are bid by seniority. The Facility Coordinator distributes
all extra trip assignments as equitably as possible.

Assignments of Field Trips

Coordinators assign trips to bus drivers when the driver has:

 Signed up for a trip
 A schedule(s) and school location(s) that correspond to the run

Your coordinators will distribute all extra trip assignment as equitably as possible. Field trips are
not available to probationary school bus drivers except in emergency situations.

Regular route assignments must not interfere with the bus driver’s schedule for the activity or trip.
Drivers are expected to cover the activity each day of the scheduled activity.

The school bus should be parked at the assigned facility after the regular route, extra trips, field
trips and/or activity trips.

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Employee Working Conditions