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APRIL&24&CORRESPONDENCE&

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From:!PJ&Mezera!!
Date:!Fri,!Apr!24,!2015!at!7:19!PM!
Subject:!Re:!Mr.!Mezera,!Ms.!Curlee!and!Mr.!Gregory!
To:!Guy!Barnard!
Yes!sir.!
PJ!Mezera!
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On!Apr!24,!2015,!at!7:03!PM,!Guy!Barnard!wrote:!
Dear!Mr.!Mezera!
Thank!you!for!your!prompt!reply.!I!understand!and!appreciate!your!response.!
I!am!not!sure!you!can!distance!yourself!from!Ms.!Curlee's!statement,!as!whether!or!not!
she!was!authorized!to!do!so,!she!did!represent!the!board!in!her!statement!and!has!
"apparent!authority"!to!do!so!as!a!Board!member.!
I!understand!you!will!be!issuing!a!statement!with!the!Superintendent!on!Monday!which!I!
think!will!be!helpful,!so!no!further!response!needed.!
Thanks!for!your!service.!
Guy!
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From:!PJ&Mezera!!
Date:!Fri,!Apr!24,!2015!at!9:22!AM!
Subject:!Re:!Mr.!Mezera,!Ms.!Curlee!and!Mr.!Gregory!
To:!Guy!Barnard!
Thank!you!for!your!email.!I!cannot!answer!to!Ms.!Curlee's!declaration!since!the!Board!
cannot!grant!leave!to!a!teacher!nor!did!the!Board!discuss!the!matter!in!deliberations.!
In!regards!to!my!quote!following!the!presentation!of!the!"tape"!to!Dr.!Looney,!that!is!in!
reference!to!a!discussion!Dr.!Looney!and!I!had!over!the!phone!following!his!decision!to!
conduct!an!independent!investigation.!
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The!Board!was!updated!on!the!progress!of!the!investigation.!This!is!neither!illegal!or!
inappropriate,!regardless!of!who!is!conducting!the!investigation!since!a!potential!law!

suit!is!a!possibility.!
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The!Board!has!not!authorized!an!investigation.!I!assisted!Dr.!Looney!in!hiring!an!
investigator!to!fulfill!his!request!of!not!being!involved!personally.!
!
There!have!been!no!unethical!dealings!in!this!matter!and!both!I!and!the!Board!have!
acted!in!a!completely!legal!manner!throughout.!
I!appreciate!your!questions!and!I!hope!you!are!now!fully!apprised!of!the!current!
circumstances.!
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Sincerely,!
PJ!
PJ!Mezera!
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On!Apr!24,!2015,!at!7:28!AM,!Guy!Barnard!wrote:!
Dear!Mr.!Mezera,!Ms.!Curlee!and!Mr.!Gregory,!
I!am!writing!to!seek!clarification!on!your!recent!correspondence!with!each!other!and!
statements!you!made!to!the!media!on!April!9!and!April!11.!
Mr.!Mezera,!on!April!9,!you!indicated!to!the!Herald!that!the!week!prior,!on!April!2,!you!
held!a!meeting!with!school!board!members!Susan!Curlee,!Mark!Gregory!and!with!
Superintendent!Mike!Looney.!You!indicated!that!the!meeting!involved!both!deliberation!
and!decision:!"We!decided!that!it!might!be!best!to!avoid!the!appearance!of!a!conflict!of!
interest!so!that!there!is!no!question!about!the!nature!of!the!investigation."!
Ms.!Curlee,!on!April!11,!you!issued!a!public!statement!I!would!like!to!thank!the!board!
for!takingLup![sic]!my!request!&!providing!leave!for!a!brave!teacher!&!launching!a!
thorough!investigation!into!politically!charged!meetings!across!the!the!district.!Thank!
you!P.J.!Mezera!for!your!leadership!&!Thank!you!to!those!Board!Members!joining!me!in!
taking!a!stand.!"!
On!April!16,!the!board!met!in!executive!session!to!hear!outside!counsel!to!give!the!
board!an!update!about!the!matter,!per!the!Chairman's!reports!to!the!media.!
Yet!yesterday,!Mr.!Mezera,!you!wrote!that!the!Board!is!not!involved!in!this!investigation,!
and!that!the!Board!did!not!give!you!approval!to!help!establish!this!investigation,!but!that!
you!acted!independently!in!helping!establish!the!investigation.!
I!do!not!question!that!Dr.!Looney!asked!you!to!conduct!an!independent!investigation,!
nor!that!you!operated!throughout!with!good!intent,!but!both!the!law!and!you!yourselves!

have!been!clear!that!an!individual!board!member!cannot!act!as!an!individual,!therefore!
de!facto!you!must!have!been!acting!on!behalf!of!the!Board.!Whether!you!needed!or!
indeed!had!the!full!approval!of!the!Board!is!a!separate!matter,!and!perhaps!if!you!
jumped!the!gun!with!good!intent!it!would!be!appropriate!to!now!call!of!the!investigation!
and!issue!an!apology!for!acting!outside!of!public!meeting!law!and!without!the!approval!
of!your!fellow!Board!members.!
If!you!feel!you!had!a!legitimate!cause!to!meet!with!fellow!board!members!outside!of!
public!meeting!law,!deliberate!towards!a!decision,!and!establish!an!investigation,!please!
could!you!clarify.!
Sincerely,!
Guy!Barnard!
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