With two minor accidents in a week’s time, the Lauderdale County School District said it would evaluate its safety procedures and determine what actions would be necessary following a meeting with principals on Tuesday.

“We’ve had three buses involved in a week now,” Randy Hodges, the district’s superintendent, said. “We have a really tremendous responsibility as a school district to transport these children every morning and afternoon. So we have to constantly evaluate the situation and do everything possible to be safe.”

Hodges said a meeting with principals, himself and the district’s transportation director, Larry Vick, would be held Tuesday to determine what new actions, if any, to take.

“You can never do enough to avoid accidents,” Hodges said.

On Friday, a school bus tipped over onto its side around 6:30 a.m. on Meehan-Savoy Road. Neither the driver nor two children inside the bus were injured. Last Friday, two buses on Russell-Topton Road bumped into each other and caused several minor injuries to students.

Vick said bus drivers receive their training from the state and each driver must re-certify every other summer. A trainer, paid by the state, visits the district and issues a card to drivers who pass re-certification.

“We have a professional development meeting with drivers before school starts every year and in January,” Vick said.

Vick said that drivers who pass a CDL driving test are eligible to take a test to drive buses.

Hodges said Tuesday’s meeting would determine future actions and possible training for bus drivers.

“Each time there is an accident we are all responsible, starting with me,” Hodges said. “I do think that Mr. Vick and a majority of the bus drivers do a good job but we don’t want one to do poorly. All it takes is one accident to get one injury.”

Vick said they were having the bus involved in Friday’s crash evaluated and hadn’t yet determined the extent of the damage, if any. The buses involved in last Friday’s accident are not operating. Mechanics haven’t estimated the cost to fix either bus.

“It’s too early to tell,” said Vick, the director for over four years.

Vick said the district had 20 surplus buses to cover the approximately 100 routes the buses cover every day. A new bus could cost the district between $73,000 to $80,000, he estimated.