BROCKPORT, N.Y. — A bus driver shortage has prompted the Brockport Central School District to close some of its schools for the second day in a row.

Students in kindergarten through eighth grade will be staying home on Friday.

The district says it is monitoring the situation and it is working on it but parents on social media expressed their frustration and asked what the long-term plan is to solve the problem.

The district released this statement addressing Friday's cancellations:

"Brockport Central School District has an incredibly dedicated and caring transportation department that delivers top-notch, door-to-door service to our students and families. Like most districts throughout our county and state, we are experiencing driver shortages. Shortages, coupled with absences and the challenges of a half-day for our K-8 students due to parent-teacher conferences, resulted in the difficult decision to cancel classes today.

"We are experiencing similar challenges for tomorrow [Friday], and therefore must cancel classes for students in grades K-8 who were scheduled for a half-day. Currently, we can provide transportation for our students in grades 9-12 who are scheduled for a full day tomorrow and all other programs, on Friday December 10. We expect school to resume as normal on Monday, December 13, 2021.

"Furthermore, we recently held a successful job fair, which resulted in additional staffing in all areas of our district including transportation. It takes several months for a new employee to be fully licensed to drive a bus, and we expect our transportation department to be fully staffed in the coming months."

This isn’t just an issue in Brockport, almost every school district in Monroe County has faced a shortage of drivers.

Greece and Rush-Henrietta school districts previously spoke with Spectrum News 1 about their troubles and the Rochester City School District had so few drivers that it had to delay the start of the school year and re-arrange routes.

Districts are dealing with drivers retiring and getting sick and the delay of a lengthy licensing process.

For Brockport schools on Friday, only grades nine through 12 will be attending classes. On Thursday, school was canceled for all grades.

After-school events and activities will still take place on Friday, as will parent-teacher conferences.