Amid school bus driver shortages, one school offers parents $700 to drive their kids

Schools across the U.S. are struggling with another impact from the pandemic: a shortage of school bus drivers. The problem has prompted one school to offer $700 to parents who agree to drive their children to school for the year. 

"EastSide wants to pay you $700 for the year for dropping off and picking up each child from school (example — if you have 3 children we would give you $2,100," according to a notice posted by the EastSide Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware.  More than 150 parents of the school's 500 students have raised their hands for driving duty, EastSide chief executive Aaron Bass told The Washington Post. Bass didn't immediately return a request for comment from CBS MoneyWatch. The school is still offering bus transportation for families that require it, the notice added.