SUMMARY

To enable each student, through safe and efficient transportation, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the district’s schools.

DUTIES

1. Conform with all state laws and regulations regarding school transportation.

2. Maintain safety standards in conformance with state and insurance regulations and develop a program of preventive safety.

3. Recruit, train, and supervise all transportation personnel, and make recommendations on their employment, promotion, and release.

4. Advise Superintendent on road hazards for decision on school closing during inclement weather.

5. Act as a liaison with road commissioner for consultation on road hazards for decision on school closing during inclement weather.

6. Cooperate with school principals and others responsible for planning special school trips.

7. Develop and administers a transportation program to meet all the requirements of the daily instructional program and extracurricular activities.

8. Formulate specifications to be incorporated into contractual agreements.

9. Prepare bus routes for all public and non-public schools in the district.

10. Prepare and updates bus routes for all public and non-public schools in the district.

11. Attend appropriate committee and staff meetings.

12. Help prepare and administer the transportation budget.

13. Authorize purchases in accordance with the budgetary limitations and district rules.

14. Approve and forwards transportation service invoices to the accounting department.

15. Maintain all district-owned equipment and develop plans for preventive maintenance.

16. Prepare transportation payroll on a weekly basis.

17. Complete and dispatches insurance reports.

18. Submit all reports required by state authorities.

19. Act as liaison with parents for complaints and special requests.

20. Provide the purchasing department with contractor performance qualification data.

21. Review annually the advisability of a district-owned transportation system.

22. Develop recommendations for future equipment and personnel needs based on a survey of resident students, distances, and grade levels.

23. Develop recommendations for future transportation needs based on an annual survey of residents.

24. Assign drivers to designated buses.

25. Perform other duties as assigned by administration.