The essential functions of the job include but are not limited to: Operating a diesel or gasoline driven transit van over scheduled routes and within scheduled timeframes; picking up and dropping off passengers at various pre-determined locations; helping monitor the conduct of passengers while being transported, entering and exiting the vehicle, and escorting passengers across streets when necessary to ensure their safety; maintaining and/or monitoring the equipment so that it is clean and in safe condition, which includes keeping the windows clean, sweeping the interior, removing any items left in the transit van to District's offices for passengers' pickup. Passengers may include participants and/or employees in the District's alternative recreation program (developmentally disabled), before and after school clubs, day camps, youth and adult sports, preschools, teen activities, age 50+ excursions, employee functions and special events.