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At Dysart we have a position called substitute bus driver, that is in its own category. Non-benefited and no holidays or paid leaves, they choose their days and times. I currently have eight. We currently have 77 routes also, and 86 drivers so this means there will be 9 routes split up for cover driver or field trip driver, however the dispatch department and the routing department wants to divide them. Cover driver (CD) routes are bidded routes and coveted by drivers because they typically get lots of hours. Field trip (FT) routes are also bidded routes and we usually have 4. These drivers run our sports trips on weekends and week nights and sometimes do student transport if it isn't going to put them in violation of HOS. In the past we were able to have 10% of our drivers be cover drivers but more recent years has been short of that. Like Jason, because of turn over, I can't seem to keep over 85-90 drivers at a time.
At Dysart we have a position called substitute bus driver, that is in its own category. Non-benefited and no holidays or paid leaves, they choose their days and times. I currently have eight. We currently have 77 routes also, and 86 drivers so this means there will be 9 routes split up for cover driver or field trip driver, however the dispatch department and the routing department wants to divide them. Cover driver (CD) routes are bidded routes and coveted by drivers because they typically get lots of hours. Field trip (FT) routes are also bidded routes and we usually have 4. These drivers run our sports trips on weekends and week nights and sometimes do student transport if it isn't going to put them in violation of HOS. In the past we were able to have 10% of our drivers be cover drivers but more recent years has been short of that. Like Jason, because of turn over, I can't seem to keep over 85-90 drivers at a time.