Router - Transportation - Waco - ESC Region 12

Description

Job Title: Router

Wage/Hour Status: Non-exempt/At-Will

Reports To: Assistant Director - Transportation

Pay Grade/Days: 308/212

Dept./School: Student Transportation Services

Date Revised: February 2026

Primary Purpose:

Coordinate assignments and schedules of bus drivers, routes, and vehicles to ensure safe, efficient, and economical transportation services.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

High school diploma or GED

Valid Texas commercial driver's license

Special Knowledge/Skills:

Effective telephone and communication skills

Ability to receive and give verbal instructions effectively

Ability to pass alcohol and drug test

Proficient map reading skills

Knowledge of WISD routes, streets, and bus stops, preferred

Experience:

Two year's experience as a certified school bus driver, preferred

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Routes and Schedules

1. Assist or handle assignments of bus drivers, bus routes, vehicles, and substitutes for morning and afternoon shifts.

2. Assist with or coordinate extracurricular transportation.

3. Prepare data required to plan bus routes and post-route schedules.

4. Assist with or prepare special education bus routes and ensure that drivers maintain a route folder with accurate descriptions of their morning and afternoon routes.

5. Coordinate and schedule all summer school routes.

6. Prepare and update district maps showing areas served by each bus. Distribute maps to schools and within the district as directed.

7. Write, schedule, and keep regular routes up to date on the computer.

Communication

8. Dispatch drivers and vehicles and communicate with them using a telephone and two-way radio.

9. Notify drivers, parents, and school personnel of any changes in a student's bus service, such as an address change, change in pick-up and drop-off location, change in time, or bus change.

10. Maintain good public relations with students and school personnel.

11. Communicate with students, parents, staff, and the community about their complaints about drivers, buses, routes, and safety.

12. Communicate with drivers about problems or concerns they have with parents, students, teachers, and coworkers.

13. Interact with special program administrators and school officials concerning the transportation of special education students.

14. Help campuses to place new students on buses and advise drivers of new or dismissed students.

Vehicle Operation

15. Serve as a substitute bus driver.

16. Handle driving and safety records of all new applicants.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Equipment used:

Radio communication equipment, computer, and intercom system.

Working Conditions: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Frequent district-wide and occasional statewide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling. Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds. Prolonged use of computer and repetitive hand motions.

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

Non-Discrimination Statement

The Waco Independent School District is an equal opportunity educational provider and employer who does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information or non-proficiency in English language skills in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment matters. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act; and school board policy not to discriminate in such a manner.

For information about your rights or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title IX, please email or contact Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at or Assistant Superintendent for Student Services and Support at For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII, as amended, contact the Waco ISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at For information or complaints regarding compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, contact Waco ISD Special Education Executive Director at or write to P.O. Box 27, Waco, TX, 76703.