FILE:  EDDA

 

SPECIAL USE OF SCHOOL BUSES

 

 

FIELD TRIPS

 

  1. The Supervisor of Transportation or his/her designee will assign field trips to bus operators according to seniority from a master list from each area on file in the central office.
     

  2. If a regular operator is not available to service a field trip due to other obligations or commitments, his/her name will be placed at the end of the list.
     

  3. Regular operators will serve as operators in this rotation.  Substitute operators may be called when no regular operator is available.
     

  4. Operators may request to be removed from the rotation list.  The rotation list shall be established each year in August prior to the first day of school and no operator will be added to the rotation list after that date.  The rotation list will be revised annually in August.
     

  5. Area operators will be called first.
     

  6. Field trip requests must be submitted at least ten (10) working days prior to date of field trip.

 

SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUSES

 

Bus operators shall pay monthly through payroll deduction for the rental of school activity buses.  Usage of a school activity bus shall be limited to a one-week period and any use beyond one week shall be approved in advance by the Supervisor of Transportation.

 

Revised:  October, 2001

 

 

Ref:     Board minutes, 2-19-97, 8-15-01

 

West Baton Rouge Parish School Board