DANBURY, N.C. -- In a video posted to Facebook, Stokes County Superintendent, Dr. Brad Rice, apologizes to parents for a decision he made Friday.

"I made a mistake that put many of your children and you at risk and for that I am extremely sorry," Dr. Rice says in Facebook post. "No one understands this but I look at our 5900 students the same way I do my own three children," says Dr. Rice.

Dr. Rice believes he put all of their lives on the line Friday. Throughout the day, he kept his eyes glued to all forecasters. Waiting for a moment to decide if he should let students out before the snow came. But by the time he made that decision there was snow on the ground.

"There were some buses that slipped off the edges of the road or stuck in the middle of the road," Rice says.

He knows for sure that two high school students that drove home, did get into an accident, "at the end of the day that I'm sorry for what happened," Rice explains.

And he's not the only one apologizing. Guilford County Schools were in a similar position. They did not call for schools to let out until 3 o'clock once a snow storm warning was issued.

"We had 5 bus accidents four of those we had cars hitting our buses," says Chief Operations Officer, Scott McCully.

The other accident, involved a bus sliding off the road and into a ditch. The bus now won't likely be used in the future.

"The safety and welfare of all of our students are utmost importance each and every school day," McCully says.

Like Stokes county, Guilford county school officials say the snow fell fast and at a time where it was too late to close schools.

"We have to know pretty early. We have to notify bus drivers. We have to notify parents," McCully says.

Moving forward, both district say, they will notify parents sooner about how and why they make the decisions they do.