Full-Time School Bus Driver SY 2026/27

Position: Full-Time School Bus Driver

Purpose: The Bus Driver provides transportation support for a complete range of curricular and extra-curricular activities offered by the District's schools, safely operates a school bus or other District vehicle that transports students to and from schools, and supports participation in school activities.

Reports To: Director of Transportation & Maintenance

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, daily rate based on the bus route (regular route is $100.25 per day)

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must hold or have reasonable assurance of obtaining a valid state-issued CDL- Class B Drivers' License with Endorsements P and S
• Must be able to pass and maintain a DOT physical
• Must be able to pass a DOT drug screen and will be subject to random DOT drug testing
• Complete and pass an American Red Cross First Aid/CPR course
• Must be able to successfully pass random drug/alcohol testing programs
• Display sound judgment and flexibility to change
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily:

• Obey all traffic laws and safety regulations for school buses
• Practice good public relations and be a positive representative of the school system
• Keep the assigned bus clean
• Perform pre-checks and post-checks of the assigned bus before and after each operation for mechanical defects
• Check assigned bus for gas and oil; wash (cleaning inside and out) and report other mechanical failures to the Director of Transportation & Maintenance
• Transport only authorized students
• Enforce the district's behavior code for bus drivers
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and maintain confidential information
• Supervise students and maintain discipline on the bus
• Assist with minor maintenance and grounds projects within the district
• Report all accidents and complete required reports
• Perform such other related duties as assigned by the district administration
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions:

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear
• Required to use their hands and fingers
• Specific vision abilities include, but are not limited to, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• May be required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or bend
• Must work indoors, outdoors, and in all weather conditions
• Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments with numerous interruptions
• Work in and around dust, fumes, and odors
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal indoor levels, outdoor levels, and on the telephone
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen, and print material with or without vision aids
• Ability to manually lift, push, and pull at least 50 pounds

Terms of Employment: Salary and work schedule to be determined by the Board.

Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy and Classified Handbook.

Ft Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promoting on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status under local, state or federal law.