Exhibit 10-8 illustrates the Transportation Department's organization. The supervisor and field coordinators supervise both drivers and attendants. The majority of the drivers are classified as part-time, permanent employees. These positions are guaranteed four hours a day. The substitute driver positions are classified as part-time, temporary employees and guaranteed two hours a day.
Attendants are employees that ride with the bus driver to aid special program students.
Attendants help these students on and off the bus and maintain order during rides. The director, supervisor, and field coordinators said they do not perceive turnover as a problem. This turnover rate is lower than that experienced by YISD's peer districts. Socorro ISD, for example, has a 23 percent turnover rate. The wage rate for drivers is 19 percent higher than the average for YISD's peer districts at the minimum and midpoint of the salary range and 15 percent higher at the maximum level.