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Fi f th,because

our

cont ract

of employmentwi th

the

school

ist r ic t tates

ui te

clear ly hat :

The Superintenden tsholl

promptly

bring to the ottention of the

Boord Presidentond the

Boord

os o

whole,

os

necessory,his

concernsos

to ony cloimed

interference

by the Boord, or ony member thereof,

with his

unction

as Chief ExecutiveOfficer or

disogreement os to the

respective oles

of the

Boord

ond Superintendentos to

ony

porticulor

incident or circumstonceso thot

such concernssholl

be

promptly

resolved.

Nei thera statement

made o the

press

la iming

hat a boardmemberhasbeen nter fer ing

i th

the

funct ion

of the

super intendent ,

or

a statement o the

whole

board

months

af ter he

fact ,would be

considered

n compl iance

i th

th is

condi t ion.

expect hat a

veteran

super intendent

ould know

he importance f complying

wi th th is speci f icerm. t

is

severely

et r imental o the boardasa

whole,

and

more mportant ly

o the accredi tat ion

f the school is t r ic t , f a

super intendent

oes

o the

media

o makeaccusat ionsnstead f

prompt ly

and di rect ly

ddressing oncerns i th the board. t

is a lso

mpossib leo correctact ions hat mightbe improper f the boardmember

s not

prompt ly

not i f iedof the

supe r i n t enden t ' s

once rns .

F inal ly, am shocked ecause havenot ever nt er fered

wi th

the administ rat ive ut iesof

the super intendent r involved

mysel f

n

the day-to-day perat ions f the school is t r ic t .

Asking

uest ions

s not inter ference. e ing

iven

nformat ion

hat

I

immediate ly hared

wi th

the super intendent nd he board

s not inter ference. any of our schoolboard

membersmeet wi th

indiv iduals

ho

conduct

business i th

the dist r ict nd

I haveneverheard

you

say hat thei r act ionswere

mproper.My

act ions

avebeenno di f ferent rom thei rs.

Yesterday,was under he impressionhat we had

put

th is a l l behindus.LastFr iday asked

f we

could

wri te a let terof

m u t ua l suppo r to sha re

w i t h

he

pub l i c ,

nd

was

p leased

ha twe wereab le o

ge t

t

done

a f t e r

ou r

ong onve rsa t i ons

working hingsout .

However,

he

inconsistency

etween

what

you

have

said o

me in

pr ivate

and what

you

are now saying o

the board hreatens he t rust

we have

begun o establ ish.

I ho l dm yse l f o t he

h ighes t

t h i ca l t anda rds . y one andon l y eason

o r

be ing n

he schoo l oa rd s o se rve u r ch i l d ren

and our communi ty.

havemade repeated

f for ts o ensure hat

my

act ions

avealwaysbeen n compl iance

i th

al l

egal

and

e t h i ca l equ i rem en t sy check i ng

n w i t h

bo t h

you

andou r boa rd t t o rney .

am

deep l y

i sappo in t edo

lea rn

ha t

you

have

not been honest

wi th me

or a l lowed

me

the opportuni ty o address oncerns

hat may endanger he accredi tat ion f the

dist r ict .

JoleneBvrne

Boord President

Sovonnoh-Chatha

Public

Schools

, l_ y.5j il,:-i..t)/r'l

(91_2)346-2064

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10 ,2015a t 8 : 28AM

T o : Jo I eneByrne

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Subject :MV Transportat ion

I have otsaid

ou

have nfringedn

administrative

esponsibilit iesp

o this

point.

amonly

concerned

hat

you

arebeing cheduledo attend

meeting ithMVTransportation

hich

re

administrative

eetings,.e.

contract

egotiations,leetmaintenance

eport, tc. You

are

ceftainly

welcomeo attend ny

meeting,

s

would

nyotherboard

member, ut

no

otherboard

members

re

being

ncluded

n Mr.Vaquer'sommunicat ions.hemediasasking

ar oomany

uest ions

nd

am only

rying o

help. Please

ry to understand

y

concern bout

he board eing

laced

n


3/20

probation

gain. erhapsam overly ensitiveo

prevent

his rom eoccurring.

would

e

pleased

to

meetwith

you

at any

ime

o discusshe

work

of the

district

hould

ou

have

uestions.

hanks.

Superintendent f Schools

Savannah-Chatham ounty

llfqUirs.Iockunry(;

(grz)

395 5585

From: o lene y rne

Sent :

hursday ,

u ly

9 ,2015

:38

PM

To:Thomas

ockamy

Cc:

mike aquer ;

eamon Ho l l iday

Subject:

wd:

MV

Transportat ion

Plcasc larifywhat "administrat ivecsponsibil i t ies"

ou

bclicvc

havc

perfbrrned

elatcdo MV

that

woulcl esult n a situation f

placing

lic board

n

probation'?

woulcl ike

your

esponsen writ ing

br

thc

rccorcl.

Jolcne

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Jolene

Byrne

Board President

Savan ah-Chatham

ublic

Schools

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(912)

346-2064

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from mv iPad

From: homas ockamy

Thonras .LockamV@sccpss .com>

Date:Monday, uly27

201,5

t 3:20PM

To:Jo lene y rne

io lene .bv rne@sccpss .com>

Subject:

E:Contingency

lan

or

buses?

Thanksor his nformation.wish

hewould alk o meso could sk

himwhathis

contingency

lan

is.

We

are

paying

hem

mega

ollars nd romday

one,

heyhave

made

xcuses

or why

heycan't

deliver

hat hey

promised

o the school

oard n heday he board

oted o

give

hem he

contract. sof lastweekMV s not n

compliance

ith

heircontracto

have he number

f buses

theyare

esponsibleor

on he

irst

dayof

school,.e.,10o/o

f

the number f

routes. w ill ollow

p

with hem o

find

out

what

s

going

n.

This s not he nformationwas

given

n a briefinghis

morning.

hanksor keeping

e nformed.'ll communicateith

you

once

get

another riefing

thisafternoon.

hanksmuch.

From: o lene y rne

Sent :Monday , u ly l

201 ,5

:55PM

To:Thomas ocka y

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The

president

f

MV nformed

me oday hat here sa

50%

hance

hat30

routes i l lnot be readyo runon he irst

dayof school.

hat s

he contingency

lan

f

his

happens? hich outes i l l

beselectedo

have

ervice l iminated

Whenandhowwi l l

parents

e

noti f ied?

s herea

plan

o either taggertar t imes r delayhe star tof school ya

couple f weeksf h ishappens?

lolene Byrne

Boord President

Sovo

noh-Choth m P

ubl c School

w14/w.scc

5s.con1

(912)

346-2064

F rom :T hom asLockam y

T hom as . Lockam V@ sccpss . co r ; r>

Date: Fr iday,August2I ,20 ' l -5

at l - :37

PM

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6/20

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T"rdr*t,1[

Superintendent

f

Schools

F rom :Jo lene

Byrne

Sent :

Thursday,August 20,20151-0:52PM

To: ThomasLockamy

Subject :Aug. 20 Conversat ion

Record

lmportance:

High

Dr. Lockamy,

Thisemai l s o

fo l low

up on the conversat ion e had oday n

your

of f ice. asked

f

you

had evernot i f iedme that

you

el t I

had

nterferedwi th

yourfunct ion

asChief

Execut ive

f f icer .

ou

said

no.Youalsostated hat the comment

eported n

the

newspaper,

she

hinks

she

s

super intendent , "

as merely

a statement

madeout of f rust rat ion nd

not

an

ndicat ion

hat

you

fel t I had nter feredwi th

your

ro leof super intendent .

Please espond o conf i rmor correctmy memoryof our conversat ion.

T hank

ou,

JoleneBvrne

Boord

President

Sovo noh-Chotha

m

PublicSchools

lf ri.lii_Qlllqrl

(912)

346-2064


7/20


8/20

of a cohesive

oard, edicated dministration,

nd he

housands f faculty, taffand students ho

are

driven o succeed.Educations one of the most

crit ical

omponentsn our community ndwe all

play

a

role n itssuccess.As

your

SchoolBoardPresident

nd

Superintendentf Schools, e are

fully

committed

o

our

workand

seek o ensure he continued dvancements

f our school

ystem.

Jolene Byrne

School

Board President

Savannah-Chatham ountv

Board

of

Public

Education

ThomasB.

Lockamy,

Jr.,

Ed. D.

Su

pe

intendent of Schoo/s

Savannah-Chatham

ountvPublic

Schoo/System

Divisionof Communicat ions: avannah-Chatham

ounty

Public

SchoolSystem

(PH)

91

2-395-5s38

F

ax) 912-201

5628

(WEB)

www.scctrss.com

Fol lowus on Twi t te r

V is i t he SCCPSS ideoChanne l

Subscr ibe o our

Newslet ter

Mission

To gnite

a

passion

or learning

and

teaching

at

high /evels

Vision

From

school

o the world:All students

prepared

or

productive

utures

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l he

informat ionanclany at tachrncntsn

this

lr rnai larc

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uscof thc

individual

or cnt i ty

namccl

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this

n. lcssages not the ntencleclecipientor ascnt,you

arc

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or taking of any act ionbascdon thc contcnts s

str ict ly

prohibitccl

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protcctcd

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10/20

F rom:Jo lene

Byrne

Sent :

Thursday,August

20,201,52:04 PM

T o : T homas

Lockamy

T homas .

ocka v@ sccpss . com>

Cc :

Leamon

R.Ho l l i day

LRHO LL I DAY@ bouhan . com> ;

a ry

Brown

Subject :

Transportat ion ont ract award

Dr.

Lockamy,

Pr ior o the School

Board s nanimous

ote awarding he cont ract ,

id

I at any ime

recommend r

lobby or the

t ransportat ion ont ract

o be awarded

o MV/Rel iant?Was

in any

way involved

n

he bidding

r evaluat ion

rocess

that resul ted

n

your

recommendat iono

award he cont ract o

MV/Rel iant?

Please espond

n wr i t ingby he end of the day.

JoleneByrne

Board

President

Sovo

no

h-Ch

tho

m Publ c Schools

www.sccp55.caf f l

p12)

346-2064


11/20


12/20

ThanksRuss. haveseen coupleof emails rom MV

to theboard

president

n which wasnot

copied. appreciateeingkept nformed

prior

o

hearing bou t ransporlation

ommunications

from a boardmember.Thanksagain or

your

support

elated o this.

Thomas

B. Lockamy,

Jr.

Thomas . Lockamy, r. ,Ed.D.

Superintendentf Schools

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Sent :

Monday, une 8,2015 :29PM

To: TammyPerkins

Cc:

Thomas ockamy; anessa i l lcr-Kaigler

Subjcct: c:Cornmunicat ionrotocal

I wil l rnake uremoving orward

ou

arc he

point

of contact.

believeheattomcy

as

cstablishcd

mccting crr

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this

l-hursclay.

I 'm

planning

o attcnd.

On

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company, recomingback o Savannahn the hopeswe can

havea meeting nd ind a resolution

for the

maintenance.

From:TammyPerkins

mailto:[email protected]]

Sent :

Monday,

une ,20152:59PM

To: RussellTieskoetter

Cc:Thomas ockamy; anessa i l ler-Kaigler

Subj ct:Communication rotocal

GoodAfternoon

Mr.

Tieskocttcr.

Pleasc e awarc, l l cornmunicat ionselatedo Savannah-Chatham

ountyPublicSchool

Systern

SCCPSS)

upilTransportationhoulcl e directeclo

District

staff-.

havebeen dentified

as heDistr ict 's

rimary oint

of

contact

br MV/ftel iant.

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Schools

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to hcse

ndiv iduals .

Thank

yor-r

br

your

attentiono this matter,

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To Thomas ockamy

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ussell ieskoetter

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Subject:Re:MV Transportation

Tom, I certainlyunderstand

he big

picture.

havebeen nsideof Governmentor

many

years,

both for the City of Savannah nd for

Fulton

County.

You

asked

me

to coordinatewith Vanessa ndyour secretary. did sovia e-mail or via phone.

understand hat

you

are

on

vacation,

and our CEO

and Executive taff

will

be n

town

on

Monday

o discusshis critical ssue.

Perhaps

ou

need o

be

hereas

well.

You

were

sent a etter

yesterday

utlining

the challengeshat

we face

as he

result

of

First

Studentnot fulfilling their contract

requirements.You askedme to

coordinate his meeting

and

I am following

your

directive,

with

e-mails hat I am

certain

you

are

awareof.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:3 PM, Thomas Lockarny I ' l r tr rnus.l .ockuntJ-(r tccl ' rss.conr)

wrotc:

Mike,

please

o not

schedule

meetingsor me as

you

do

not know

whatcommitmentsmayalready ave . 'mnotsurewhy hispract ice

continues i thout

alking o

me

or

my

secretary.

understandhe

importance nd would

appreciate

he

courtesy

f notassuming wil l

be at meet ing

ou

schedule

i thout

onsul t ing

y calendar.

n

addi t ion,wi l l a lwayswelcomeMs.Byrne, r anyotherboard

member o attend

ny

meeting; owever, eep n mind hat heir

responsibi l i t ies

re

policy

nd notadministrat ion.

hen he

board

takes

on

administrat iveesponsibi l i t ies,situat ion

f board

probation

an reoccur

s

it

did

n 2004.Thanks

or

understanding.

Thom

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Wednesday,

uly8, 20L56:24PM

To:Jo lene y rne

Cc:

Thomas ockamy;

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Transportat ion;obertHatchett;

Vanessa i l le r -Ka ig le r

Sub jec t :

e :MV

Transpor ta t ion

Thc rneetingwi l l

be at

IPM

on

Monclay

assurning

t 208

tsul l

Street

On Wednesday,

uly

8, 2015, rnike vaquer

wrote:

I will be

out of town

next week,

but

please

et mc know

if there s anything

can

do

o

help.


17/20

Jolene

Byrne

Board President

Savannah-Chathamublic Schools

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On Jul 7.2015,at I l :40 PM, mikc vaquer

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rote:

Our President

and several other

executives rom MV

will

be

in

Savannahand need to

meet with the overall SCCPSS

transportation team to

discuss

ust

what

the state of the

bus

system s, with less

han

3tl

days o

go

until we are

bussing students.

Probably

Monday late Am or ear ly afternoon

would work.

I

am

waiting for

a time from

my

end.

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Vaquer

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