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Post by Hitch & Pitch on Mar 23, 2018 11:04:01 GMT -6
I know this probably does not pertain to football teams.
But I was wondering how many of you that coach other sports may have to drive your team to an event or contest?
I am currently coaching baseball at a small school in rural Arizona, our trips are not 30 minutes across town, but rather two hours both ways, so we usually play double headers that can last 5-6 hours (counting pregame warm ups and a 20 minute break between games). Plus a 45 minute to an hour stop at Mc Donald's.
I was wondering if anybody's district gets compensated for driving???
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Post by agap on Mar 23, 2018 11:19:28 GMT -6
Do you mean driving the bus or driving your own vehicle?
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Post by coachfoster16 on Mar 23, 2018 11:23:10 GMT -6
I have to drive the bus for football and baseball, which I have done at everywhere I have coached. Never gotten paid for the bus drive.
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Post by chi5hi on Mar 23, 2018 11:26:07 GMT -6
Myself, I wouldn't want to accept the liability for driving students in my own private vehicle. If no other way I would clear, through the school, liability for each trip on the school's insurance...and I certainly wouldn't do it for free unless the school agrees to acknowledge that it was a duty of my employment...for tax purposes.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 23, 2018 11:34:04 GMT -6
Coaches drive the bus to every game. No extra compensation. It’s considered part of your coaching assignment.
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Post by CoachUndershirt on Mar 23, 2018 12:01:57 GMT -6
We are a co-op of four schools and we have a coach that drives the bus about 30 minutes every day with kids. He has to meet us for away games and home games that aren't played at the school he teaches at. The other two schools have someone drive the four kids that play in a van every day and they typically meet us half-way and we take the kids to games on the bus... logistical nightmare at times.
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Post by Hitch & Pitch on Mar 23, 2018 12:15:39 GMT -6
Do you mean driving the bus or driving your own vehicle? It's a 15 seat district passenger van. 5-6 hours out in the sun and wind can be tiring on a man pushing 50... |
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Post by CoachemUpKats on Mar 23, 2018 12:23:20 GMT -6
I have driven the bus for current school and previous schools, and all have given a fee for each trip. They have all been different, but have ranged from $15-$35 per trip, flat rate regardless if the trip was 3 hours or 15 minutes.
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Post by Chris Clement on Mar 23, 2018 17:00:23 GMT -6
Tomorrow I'm driving a 15 passenger van full to the brim with 22 year old French rugby players 6 hours, returning Sunday night.
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Post by blb on Mar 23, 2018 17:17:22 GMT -6
Tomorrow I'm driving a 15 passenger van full to the brim with 22 year old French rugby players 6 hours, returning Sunday night.
Because you WANT to, or because you HAVE to?
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Post by freezeoption on Mar 23, 2018 17:22:38 GMT -6
If you drive the bus you should get paid extra. I drove the kids every day for four years to the school we cooped with, but that was a small group. My first two years I drove a school bus to the football field back in the 90s, didn't have a CDL, just did it, my asst had the CDL but a lot of the time he would be late going over things with the kids. My school would like me to get a CDL but I haven't. I have my own school bus, 15 passenger. It was perfect for us when all of my seven kids were at home.
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Post by Chris Clement on Mar 23, 2018 17:30:26 GMT -6
Tomorrow I'm driving a 15 passenger van full to the brim with 22 year old French rugby players 6 hours, returning Sunday night.
Because you WANT to, or because you HAVE to?
I mean, I want to say both? |
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Post by agap on Mar 23, 2018 19:52:27 GMT -6
In our district if coaches drive the bus, they get paid the same as any other bus driver would if he drove the team.
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Post by carookie on Mar 23, 2018 20:02:18 GMT -6
I am at a small private school now that has no van or enough money to rent a bus. Parents/players/coaches transport the whole team. Nobody gets compensated, its all part of the deal.
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Post by coachd5085 on Mar 24, 2018 6:29:34 GMT -6
I know this probably does not pertain to football teams. But I was wondering how many of you that coach other sports may have to drive your team to an event or contest? I am currently coaching baseball at a small school in rural Arizona, our trips are not 30 minutes across town, but rather two hours both ways, so we usually play double headers that can last 5-6 hours (counting pregame warm ups and a 20 minute break between games). Plus a 45 minute to an hour stop at Mc Donald's. I was wondering if anybody's district gets compensated for driving??? are you asking about getting compensated for the act of driving, or simply for the travel time? It seems to be the latter based on your comments here (mentioning 5-6 hours twice in the thread) |
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Post by Hitch & Pitch on Mar 24, 2018 10:24:51 GMT -6
The act of driving...
I guess the issue is... the district claims they have a "driver" shortage. OK fine, but the money that they would be paying a bus driver is not being spent. Where is that money going? Shouldn't the people doing the job get reimbursed? I would be happy if they at least put the money back into the program...
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