Some parents in the Seine River School Division are being paid to drive their children to school.

Board Chair Wendy Bloomfield says this is one way the division is trying to work with parents during a time when bus routes are being cancelled due to a shortage of bus drivers.

Since the start of the school year, SRSD has had to cancel some routes which has left parents with the responsibility of finding ways to get their children to and from school.

Parents can expect to encounter bus route cancellations for the rest of the calendar year. Bloomfield is hopeful the new drivers will be ready for hiring in January, after all the training is complete. Though she admits she has not been given an estimated date as to when the drivers currently in training will be ready for work.