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authorized pumpers in October, in effort loosening the gas access policy. But the action was preceived by the bus drivers as “a lack of faith in them,” Estabrook said, since they didn’t know they weren’t allowed to pump gas under the old policy.
In response to Lane's challenge to his assertion that the late pick-up was not a strike. Lysik stressed that the bus drivers ‘‘went to the superintendent for clarification (of the gas access policy). They were thinking that they could get back to the bus shop in time for the buses to leave on schedule but the discussion lasted just a little too long.”
In addition to the gas access policy, Lysik noted that conversation at the November 6 meeting with the bus drivers touched on bus discipline, driver retirement, bus arrivals, parking for bus drivers, payment of three percent of annual salary toward health insurance premiums and installation of bathroom facilities at the bus garage.
In regard to the drivers coming to his office to air their concerns, Estabrook expressed his disappointment that they hadn’t followed chain of command by first discussing the new gas access policy with Lysik who serves as transportation superintendent.
Adherence to school board policy “has not been done in the past and has caused a lot of uproar and dissension,” stated board member Robert Eastham. Because the names of individuals would come up. he proposed that the discussion of the late pick-up on October 29 be continued
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