Bus Driver (6.5/hrs) SY2025/26

Title: School Bus Driver (6.5 hours/day)

EFFECTIVE START DATE: START OF THE 2025/26 SCHOOL YEAR

APPROXIMATE TIMES: 5:45-9:30 AM & 2:15-5:00 PM

Reports to: Transportation supervisor and assistant transportation supervisor
Work Activity Classification: Light
Employment Status: Full-time
FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Full Contract Days: 188

SERS Retirement
Benefits Eligible

Qualifications:

1. High school diploma or equivalent
2. Hold a current Ohio Class B CDL license with School Bus
and Passenger endorsement
3. Be insurable with not more than four points on the Ohio
driver’s license
4. Complete and pass a T-8 physical yearly
5. High moral character and good attendance record
6. Demonstrate aptitude for successful completion of tasks assigned

General Description: Provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy
the fullest possible advantage from the district’s curricular and
extra-curricular programs.

Essential Functions:

• Meet all requirements as outlined by the State of Ohio.
• Know and obey traffic laws and regulations set forth in the Ohio School Bus Operation Regulations manual.
• Perform PTI prior to beginning route as dictated by Ohio laws.
• Be the sole operator of the school bus.
• Attend bus drivers’ meetings in the district or county unless excused by administration.
• Follow all rules set forth by the transportation office and approve by the Cloverleaf Board of Education.
• Be responsible for fueling bus.

Be responsible for the orderly conduct of riders. Pupils on the bus are under the authority of, and directly responsible to, the driver.

• Reports serious discipline problems to the transportation supervisor.
• Deliver bus for servicing and repairs as directed by transportation supervisor and/or head mechanic.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a role model for students and staff in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
• Help instill in students and staff the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.
• Conduct other related driver’s duties as assigned by the transportation supervisor, assistant transportation supervisor, assistant superintendent and local superintendent and as permitted by the negotiated agreement.

Additional Working Conditions:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue.
• Occasional operation of a school bus under inclement weather conditions.
• Occasional interaction among unruly children.

Terms of Employment: Salary and work year to be established by the board.