Regular bus routes are assigned by seniority. City and rural routes are filled separately. Article 7, Section 5, set forth below defines the various routes, the 10-mile rule, and the bidding procedure for the seniority filling of those routes. In addition to the contractually-described morning run, there is a second morning run. That bus run is not addressed specifically by the collective bargaining agreement.
All drivers are in the city upon completion of their initial run.
If the run falls within the city, it is assigned to a senior city driver. If no senior driver is available, the run is thereafter offered, by seniority, to rural drivers. If the run is a rural run, it is offered by seniority to rural drivers. In the event there is no rural driver available, it would be offered, by seniority, to city drivers. According to LaCore, this has been the system in effect since February of 1994.