Just days before school starts, Butler Area School District is facing a bus driver shortage.

Superintendent Brian White sent out a letter Friday, Aug. 22, to Butler parents saying the district has lost 13 bus drivers in the past 10 days due to financial incentives from other schools.

White said in his letter “another regional school district” offered large signing bonuses for bus drivers, and that Butler “is not in a financial position to match those incentives.”

“Prior to this, we were in a stronger position than in recent years. However, this sudden change has placed us in a difficult situation and we are now taking a number of steps to continue meeting transportation needs of our students,” White said in the letter.

The news comes as new bus drivers for Seneca Valley School District

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