(i) The instructional day, including contact time, shall be five (5) hours and thirty (30) minutes, not including the mid-day intermission (lunch period).
(ii) All teachers are required to attend their school no later than 15 minutes before the start of the school day, and not leave for the day until 5 minutes after the end of the school day.
(iii) There will be four designated elementary school teachers each day who will be required to supervise at the school 30 minutes before the start of the school day, and remain until all buses have safely loaded and have left at the end of the school day.
(iv) There will be two high school teachers each day who will be required to supervise at the school 30 minutes before the start of the school day, and remain until all buses have safely loaded and have left at the end of the school day.
(v) Scheduling of the teachers for bus duty will be done in agreement of the parties, as per the attached Letter of Understanding.
(vi) The purpose of bus duty is to ensure the safety of the children, and recognize that, should problems develop the parties will meet on a priority basis and in good faith to work towards resolving the problems –to ensure the safety of the children.