Many students in the area were late for school when their buses had trouble navigating slick roads.

Several buses in Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties were delayed because of poor road conditions, but transportation officials said they made the best decision they could in the early hours.

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Still, some parents like Mary Hinzman, whose child attends school in Ohio County, said she was upset that there wasn’t a delay.

“The high school bus was stuck and then you couldn’t get anywhere. The roads were in absolutely terrible condition and then the junior high bus made it this far and they were caught in the road also,” Hinzman said.

In Brooke County, the transportation director and assistant superintendent said they were out early assessing road conditions.

John Lyonett of Brooke County Schools said, “We had received word from the state road that everything was looking good and they had covered as much as the area as they thought they could cover. They thought we were going to be safe and operational and everything should be a go.”

Then, around 6 a.m., a heavier snow set in over the area, but by that time buses were already on the road. Lyonett said, for many of the buses, it was other traffic having problems that delayed them.

“We had some cars and other things that were off the road and our buses were safe, but they just had to stop and wait for the cars to be moved,” he said.

In Ohio County, Hinzman said watching one bus get stuck on Cedar Rocks Lane was enough.

“When that high school bus got stuck and it let all the kids off ... there should have been a contact into the buses for them not to come,” she said.

Officials in all three counties said all buses did eventually make it to school safely, and they’re hoping the ride home will be much smoother.