HOUSTON, Texas — The first week of school for students in Texas’ third-largest school district was plagued by gridlock traffic — with parents stuck in snaking carpool lines for hours after the district scrapped school buses.

The decision to cut bus routes in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District — which services more than 118,000 students — comes as the district struggles to dig its way out of a $140 million budget shortfall, according to ABC13.

Videos shared on social media show endless lines of cars sitting at a standstill.

Cy-Fair parent Jasmine Jackson told The Post she’s “shocked” by the situation.

As a teacher herself, Jackson said she’s concerned she and other parents will be late to work because of the drop-off chaos.

But if her daughter were to walk to school, it would mean walking miles in the summer heat in an area with multi-lane roadways and no sidewalks.

“We’re seeing a situation where the safety of the students was not prioritized,” Jackson said.

Another frustrated parent told ABC13 that her 12-year-old daughter now has a 1.9-mile walk to Arnold Middle School along a busy road without sidewalks.

The mom told the outlet that she turned down three job offers in order to work remotely so she can safely drop off her child at school.

Other parents moaned that it took them at least an hour to drop their kids off.

“We got over here at 7:15 a.m. and we just dropped our kid off… but yeah, an hour in the line,” parent Shelby Cline told ABC13.

“At the middle school, they are having them practically get out at the light there, out of your cars, and just run up to the school. And it’s still out of hand.”

Meanwhile, other parents have decried the school district’s frivolous spending on a recent Willy Wonka-themed back-to-school program for faculty and staff, ABC13 reported.

The event featured a Nevada-based guitarist, who was paid $30,000, according to the local outlet.

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.