It seemed like a normal Monday morning for Austintown School District. The bus drivers were getting prepared to begin their routes when they started their buses and immediately realized they were victims of catalytic converter theft.

"We had eleven buses that we have the count on now that have lost their catalytic converters and they were the propane buses," said Austintown Local Schools Superintendent David Cappuzzello.

Out of a fleet of 44 busses, 14 of them run on propane.

District officials believe the converters were stolen only from those buses because they're easier to get to and more valuable than the buses that run on diesel.

Although the situation caused a two hour delay in getting classes started, the Superintendent says several other school districts stepped in to be apart of the solution, by offering their own buses.

Austintown schools were ultimately given five buses from Boardman Local School District and are currently using three of them.

Cappuzello tells 21 News he is very appreciative of all the help.

Austintown police say they do have leads, but no solid suspects yet.

Officers believe this originated out of Cleveland, as some of their districts were recently hit, as well.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Cappuzzello tells 21 News it will cost the district about $30,000 to replace the catalytic converters, but that they should be up and running again within the next couple of days.

Until then, the district will continue to use Boardman's buses, so the students won't have to worry about any further delays.