Bob Thomas said : “Earlier today we were looking at 684 staff absences I think for tomorrow, with a fill-rate, meaning the substitutes to fill those classes, at about 55%,”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 5:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We know some situations, some schools are probably having more of a problem than other schools,” “So we, over the next couple of days, we’ll look at that possibility, and as we identify schools that may fit that category of being able to go virtual, we’ll submit a waiver to the commissioner”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 5:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We know some schools are having more of a problem than other schools so over the next couple of days we will look at that possibility as we identify schools that may fit that category of being able to go virtual,” “We’ll submit a waiver to the commissioner and it would be up to her to approve that. We are looking at and exploring that option. We just cannot go virtual as district as we did last year”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Our director of transportation is involved in that, cause we want to hear from our bus contractors too. Lots of times they’re out on the roads earlier, looking and making sure that they can navigate safely, so bus contractors factor into it as well. So, it’s a lot of effort that’s put into this before a decision is made, just because it’s a huge inconvenience for parents and families,”

wate Thursday, January 6, 2022 8:05:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas states : “Per the Knox County Law Department, the order requires universal masking and states that students who refuse are subject to truancy,”

wate Friday, October 15, 2021 4:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Additionally, an (Individualized Education Plan) or a 504 does not automatically exempt your child from the mask mandate. Students who were eligible last year based on a pre-existing IEP or 504 plan and an approved exemption will be exempt beginning on Monday, Oct. 18,”

wate Friday, October 15, 2021 4:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas states : “Per the Knox County Law Department, the order requires universal masking and states that students who refuse are subject to truancy,”

wate Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Additionally, an (Individualized Education Plan) or a 504 does not automatically exempt your child from the mask mandate. Students who were eligible last year based on a pre-existing IEP or 504 plan and an approved exemption will be exempt beginning on Monday, Oct. 18,”

wate Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about Tennessee Department ) : “Until the board takes some action to either abandon that policy, we will follow that until it sunsets August 1. However as we have seen today, there could be changes,” “There could be changes in the next 24 to 48 hours because the other thing our board approved was to follow the Tennessee Department of Health guidelines so if the Tennessee Department of Health were to make a change and follow what the governor said, that would allow me to make a change in terms of face coverings”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Until the board takes some action to either abandon that policy, we will follow that until it sunsets august the first. However as we have seen today, there could be changes,” “There could be changes in the next 24 to 48 hours because the other thing our board approved was to follow the Tennessee department of health guidelines so if the Tennessee department of health were to make a change and follow what the governor said, that would allow me to make a change in terms of face coverings”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We can’t have this hybrid model any longer because of the state board ruling. But my hope is that we’ll see more parents and more students coming back to us for in person learning,”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “My heart goes out to the students, families and employees of Austin-East. No student or school employee should ever have to worry about their day being interrupted by such awful violence,”

wate Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:29:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

wsvn Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:53:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : "We are gathering information about this tragic situation and will provide additional information as soon as possible,"

patch Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

thesun Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:49:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

tribunadabahia Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:19:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:03:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:52:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:23:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "We are all devastated by this tragedy,"

cbs46 Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

bemparana Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abc7ny Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:27:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

istoe Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:02:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

jcrs Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

correiobraziliense Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:50:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abs-cbnnews Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

aljazeera-en Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:15:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola está sob controle e os alunos que não estiveram envolvidos no incidente foram liberados"

uol Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:48:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:48:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola está sob controle e os alunos que não estiveram envolvidos no incidente foram liberados"

em Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:31:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

istoe Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:29:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

opovo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

ara-reuters Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:09:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

barrie Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:04:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:01:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abc7ny Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

680news Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:54:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

Stuff Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas confirmed : “the school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families”

thejournal Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:49:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

al Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:27:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

HonululuAdvertiser Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

orlandosentinel Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:06:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

thegrio Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:04:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

oregonlive Monday, April 12, 2021 11:57:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Monday, April 12, 2021 11:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "Most of us just can't imagine how the coastal Louisiana economy will look 50 years from now, but I'll bet on successful adaptations,"

nola Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:55:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are increasing patrols and intensifying our attention in the area surrounding Austin-East, specifically when school lets out,”

wate Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It’s time for the talk to be over. Its time for action,” “We’re going to make a change. You deserve better. Our kids deserve better. This is totally unacceptable. Please, please, let’s all come together. Let’s work together and let’s make a difference for our kids. Let’s make a difference for our community. Knoxville is better than this”

wate Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have to do something about this, and I’m hopeful as a community we can come together, all of the agencies that need to come together, and let’s figure out a solution for this,” “On behalf of our board of education, I know our board is grieving as well. And our board stands ready to do, as I said earlier, anything and everything that we can do to make sure that a situation like this doesn’t happen again and that we take our steps in terms of the school system to address gun violence in our community”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 9:10:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are increasing patrols and intensifying our attention in the area surrounding Austin-East, specifically when school lets out,”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:26:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It’s time for the talk to be over. Its time for action,” “We’re going to make a change. You deserve better. Our kids deserve better. This is totally unacceptable. Please, please, let’s all come together. Let’s work together and let’s make a difference for our kids. Let’s make a difference for our community. Knoxville is better than this”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:26:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have to do something about this, and I’m hopeful as a community we can come together, all of the agencies that need to come together, and let’s figure out a solution for this,” “On behalf of our board of education, I know our board is grieving as well. And our board stands ready to do, as I said earlier, anything and everything that we can do to make sure that a situation like this doesn’t happen again and that we take our steps in terms of the school system to address gun violence in our community”

wate Monday, February 15, 2021 9:20:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I feel like our classrooms have proven to be pretty safe from the standpoint of the measures that we’ve put into place,” “We’re about educating students, it’s about our students, and I just feel very strongly that we need to provide that opportunity because of the commitment we made”

wate Tuesday, January 5, 2021 8:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The health stakes are too high to decline,"

nola Friday, December 11, 2020 4:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about a 62% increase in the number of active cases with students and staff since Thanksgiving, in terms of looking at isolations, we’ve seen a 32% increase,”

wate Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:34:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Please keep in mind the students who have the greatest success in the virtual program are those who benefitted from a strong structure at home and also they are highly disciplined and self-motivated,”

wate Friday, November 6, 2020 6:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas explained : “The proportion of Fs assigned in-person and virtual actually widened when compared to the grades assigned at the 4.5 week benchmark, so they’re keeping that in mind. Now, as I’ve said before, our virtual teachers are doing an outstanding job,”

wate Friday, November 6, 2020 6:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “What we were seeing at the four-and-a-half week mark was about twice as many failing grades for the virtual program than the in-person program,”

wate Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We’ve had students who haven’t shown up, some in the virtual program that haven’t done the homework and turned in work in the virtual program because it’s obviously, without that structure, it’s easy to let that happen,”

wate Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Some of the students who need the in-person learning the most are in the virtual platform. My hope is over the next few weeks…we have a significant number of students who will come back to us,”

wate Friday, September 25, 2020 7:31:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I know it’s an unusual start. People wearing masks and so forth and temperature checks, but we’ve tried to take all the safety precautions that we know to take to make sure that our students and our staff are safe,”

wate Tuesday, August 25, 2020 2:23:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about 18,500 students sign up for virtual learning program, which was about double what we thought. It’s a lot of schedule changes involved in enrolling the students in virtual learning program,”

wate Thursday, August 13, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Not in favor of outsourcing teaching, that’s not what this is about. It would be a one year contract just to allow us to offer what we promised and told parents and students that we were going to deliver,”

wate Thursday, August 13, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about 18,500 students sign up for virtual learning program, which was about double what we thought. It’s a lot of schedule changes involved in enrolling the students in virtual learning program,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have about 1,400 students right now that we won’t be able to schedule in the virtual learning program unless we contract with Florida Virtual School, which we’ll bring that contract to the board next week,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Not in favor of outsourcing teaching, that’s not what this is about. It would be a one year contract just to allow us to offer what we promised and told parents and students that we were going to deliver,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It does allow us to do that by school. For example, if there was a cluster at a particular school or number of schools that we had to go red, that means that you would be online,”

wate Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “If families don’t have internet access then what we’re looking at is hotspots, providing hotspots to students and families,”

wate Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:59:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We do care about your child, they’re our children as well. We care about you as a parent,”

wate Friday, May 8, 2020 12:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We want you to have that experience if there’s anyway possible to make that happen and still be within the guidelines we’ve been given,”

wate Friday, May 8, 2020 12:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "Governor Whitmer's Executive Orders make it mandatory that businesses provide employees with the proper safety equipment to reopen operations,"

4-traders Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:38:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I haven't heard anything back yet,"

nbcnews Monday, April 13, 2020 3:59:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It has been a great honor and privilege to have served on the Illinois Supreme Court as well as on the appellate and circuit courts over the past 32 years,”

suntimes Monday, February 10, 2020 11:07:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are honored to be named one of the ‘Best Places to Work’ in Virginia. Our employees’ opinions matter to us and we strive to work as a cohesive team that respects and trusts one another,”

4-traders Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:04:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Based on projected annual expenditures provided by the county, this would redirect approximately $15.8 million away from central office facility costs to student needs and educational initiatives,”

wate Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about Glenn Jacobs ) : “Mayor Jacobs and I will continue to work together to explore options for centralizing school maintenance operations and to modernize warehouse processes through digitization of records,” “Such initiatives could potentially free up additional space, which in turn could allow for the sale of both the Knoxville Central Building and Fifth Avenue properties in the future”

wate Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I hear he's a nice guy,"

arkansasonline Saturday, November 2, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

fox13memphis Saturday, September 21, 2019 10:24:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

HonululuAdvertiser Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

asianage Saturday, September 21, 2019 4:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wxii12 Saturday, September 21, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wlwt Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:52:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wyff4 Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:47:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

Koat Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wesh Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

kcci Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:14:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

houstonchronicle Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:24:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

expressindia Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

samoaobserver Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the centre of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:13:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wcnc Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

12newsnow Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

12news Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

click2houston Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

ABCnews Saturday, September 21, 2019 2:03:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the centre of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:47:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

newschannel6now Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:38:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

seattletimes Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:22:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

gazette Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

fox13memphis Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:54:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

tribtown Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:50:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

startribune Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:38:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We’re going to do everything that we possibly can to provide the very best educational opportunities for every child,”

wate Friday, September 6, 2019 4:18:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about President Trump ) : “There’s some things about President Trump that some of us don’t particularly like,” “But the economy drives it all, especially for small business”

dallasnews Friday, August 30, 2019 1:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "My story, I believe, can be multiplied several hundred thousand times in this state and millions in this country,"

statesman Friday, August 30, 2019 1:40:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Earlier today we were looking at 684 staff absences I think for tomorrow, with a fill-rate, meaning the substitutes to fill those classes, at about 55%,”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 5:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We know some situations, some schools are probably having more of a problem than other schools,” “So we, over the next couple of days, we’ll look at that possibility, and as we identify schools that may fit that category of being able to go virtual, we’ll submit a waiver to the commissioner”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 5:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We know some schools are having more of a problem than other schools so over the next couple of days we will look at that possibility as we identify schools that may fit that category of being able to go virtual,” “We’ll submit a waiver to the commissioner and it would be up to her to approve that. We are looking at and exploring that option. We just cannot go virtual as district as we did last year”

wate Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Our director of transportation is involved in that, cause we want to hear from our bus contractors too. Lots of times they’re out on the roads earlier, looking and making sure that they can navigate safely, so bus contractors factor into it as well. So, it’s a lot of effort that’s put into this before a decision is made, just because it’s a huge inconvenience for parents and families,”

wate Thursday, January 6, 2022 8:05:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas states : “Per the Knox County Law Department, the order requires universal masking and states that students who refuse are subject to truancy,”

wate Friday, October 15, 2021 4:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Additionally, an (Individualized Education Plan) or a 504 does not automatically exempt your child from the mask mandate. Students who were eligible last year based on a pre-existing IEP or 504 plan and an approved exemption will be exempt beginning on Monday, Oct. 18,”

wate Friday, October 15, 2021 4:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas states : “Per the Knox County Law Department, the order requires universal masking and states that students who refuse are subject to truancy,”

wate Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Additionally, an (Individualized Education Plan) or a 504 does not automatically exempt your child from the mask mandate. Students who were eligible last year based on a pre-existing IEP or 504 plan and an approved exemption will be exempt beginning on Monday, Oct. 18,”

wate Wednesday, October 13, 2021 11:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about Tennessee Department ) : “Until the board takes some action to either abandon that policy, we will follow that until it sunsets August 1. However as we have seen today, there could be changes,” “There could be changes in the next 24 to 48 hours because the other thing our board approved was to follow the Tennessee Department of Health guidelines so if the Tennessee Department of Health were to make a change and follow what the governor said, that would allow me to make a change in terms of face coverings”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:13:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Until the board takes some action to either abandon that policy, we will follow that until it sunsets august the first. However as we have seen today, there could be changes,” “There could be changes in the next 24 to 48 hours because the other thing our board approved was to follow the Tennessee department of health guidelines so if the Tennessee department of health were to make a change and follow what the governor said, that would allow me to make a change in terms of face coverings”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We can’t have this hybrid model any longer because of the state board ruling. But my hope is that we’ll see more parents and more students coming back to us for in person learning,”

wate Wednesday, April 28, 2021 2:42:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “My heart goes out to the students, families and employees of Austin-East. No student or school employee should ever have to worry about their day being interrupted by such awful violence,”

wate Thursday, April 15, 2021 7:29:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

wsvn Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:53:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : "We are gathering information about this tragic situation and will provide additional information as soon as possible,"

patch Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

thesun Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:49:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

tribunadabahia Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:19:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:03:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:52:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

odocumento Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:23:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "We are all devastated by this tragedy,"

cbs46 Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

bemparana Tuesday, April 13, 2021 5:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abc7ny Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:27:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

istoe Tuesday, April 13, 2021 3:02:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

jcrs Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

correiobraziliense Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:50:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abs-cbnnews Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

aljazeera-en Tuesday, April 13, 2021 2:15:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola está sob controle e os alunos que não estiveram envolvidos no incidente foram liberados"

uol Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:48:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:48:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola está sob controle e os alunos que não estiveram envolvidos no incidente foram liberados"

em Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:31:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : “O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias”

istoe Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:29:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos não envolvidos no incidente foram entregues às suas famílias"

opovo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:18:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

ara-reuters Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas wrote : “We are gathering information about this tragic situation,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:09:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

barrie Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:04:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:01:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,"

abc7ny Tuesday, April 13, 2021 1:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

680news Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:54:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

Stuff Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas confirmed : “the school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families”

thejournal Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:49:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

al Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:43:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:27:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas disse : "O prédio da escola foi fechado e os alunos que não estavam envolvidos no incidente foram liberados para suas famílias"

noticias-terra-br Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

HonululuAdvertiser Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

orlandosentinel Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:06:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

thegrio Tuesday, April 13, 2021 12:04:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

oregonlive Monday, April 12, 2021 11:57:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “The school building has been secured and students who were not involved in the incident have been released to their families,”

reuters-af Monday, April 12, 2021 11:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "Most of us just can't imagine how the coastal Louisiana economy will look 50 years from now, but I'll bet on successful adaptations,"

nola Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:55:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are increasing patrols and intensifying our attention in the area surrounding Austin-East, specifically when school lets out,”

wate Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It’s time for the talk to be over. Its time for action,” “We’re going to make a change. You deserve better. Our kids deserve better. This is totally unacceptable. Please, please, let’s all come together. Let’s work together and let’s make a difference for our kids. Let’s make a difference for our community. Knoxville is better than this”

wate Thursday, February 18, 2021 3:00:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have to do something about this, and I’m hopeful as a community we can come together, all of the agencies that need to come together, and let’s figure out a solution for this,” “On behalf of our board of education, I know our board is grieving as well. And our board stands ready to do, as I said earlier, anything and everything that we can do to make sure that a situation like this doesn’t happen again and that we take our steps in terms of the school system to address gun violence in our community”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 9:10:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are increasing patrols and intensifying our attention in the area surrounding Austin-East, specifically when school lets out,”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:26:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It’s time for the talk to be over. Its time for action,” “We’re going to make a change. You deserve better. Our kids deserve better. This is totally unacceptable. Please, please, let’s all come together. Let’s work together and let’s make a difference for our kids. Let’s make a difference for our community. Knoxville is better than this”

wate Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:26:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have to do something about this, and I’m hopeful as a community we can come together, all of the agencies that need to come together, and let’s figure out a solution for this,” “On behalf of our board of education, I know our board is grieving as well. And our board stands ready to do, as I said earlier, anything and everything that we can do to make sure that a situation like this doesn’t happen again and that we take our steps in terms of the school system to address gun violence in our community”

wate Monday, February 15, 2021 9:20:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I feel like our classrooms have proven to be pretty safe from the standpoint of the measures that we’ve put into place,” “We’re about educating students, it’s about our students, and I just feel very strongly that we need to provide that opportunity because of the commitment we made”

wate Tuesday, January 5, 2021 8:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "The health stakes are too high to decline,"

nola Friday, December 11, 2020 4:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about a 62% increase in the number of active cases with students and staff since Thanksgiving, in terms of looking at isolations, we’ve seen a 32% increase,”

wate Thursday, December 10, 2020 2:34:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Please keep in mind the students who have the greatest success in the virtual program are those who benefitted from a strong structure at home and also they are highly disciplined and self-motivated,”

wate Friday, November 6, 2020 6:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas explained : “The proportion of Fs assigned in-person and virtual actually widened when compared to the grades assigned at the 4.5 week benchmark, so they’re keeping that in mind. Now, as I’ve said before, our virtual teachers are doing an outstanding job,”

wate Friday, November 6, 2020 6:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “What we were seeing at the four-and-a-half week mark was about twice as many failing grades for the virtual program than the in-person program,”

wate Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We’ve had students who haven’t shown up, some in the virtual program that haven’t done the homework and turned in work in the virtual program because it’s obviously, without that structure, it’s easy to let that happen,”

wate Tuesday, October 27, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Some of the students who need the in-person learning the most are in the virtual platform. My hope is over the next few weeks…we have a significant number of students who will come back to us,”

wate Friday, September 25, 2020 7:31:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I know it’s an unusual start. People wearing masks and so forth and temperature checks, but we’ve tried to take all the safety precautions that we know to take to make sure that our students and our staff are safe,”

wate Tuesday, August 25, 2020 2:23:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about 18,500 students sign up for virtual learning program, which was about double what we thought. It’s a lot of schedule changes involved in enrolling the students in virtual learning program,”

wate Thursday, August 13, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Not in favor of outsourcing teaching, that’s not what this is about. It would be a one year contract just to allow us to offer what we promised and told parents and students that we were going to deliver,”

wate Thursday, August 13, 2020 4:33:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We had about 18,500 students sign up for virtual learning program, which was about double what we thought. It’s a lot of schedule changes involved in enrolling the students in virtual learning program,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We have about 1,400 students right now that we won’t be able to schedule in the virtual learning program unless we contract with Florida Virtual School, which we’ll bring that contract to the board next week,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Not in favor of outsourcing teaching, that’s not what this is about. It would be a one year contract just to allow us to offer what we promised and told parents and students that we were going to deliver,”

wate Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:08:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It does allow us to do that by school. For example, if there was a cluster at a particular school or number of schools that we had to go red, that means that you would be online,”

wate Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “If families don’t have internet access then what we’re looking at is hotspots, providing hotspots to students and families,”

wate Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:59:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We do care about your child, they’re our children as well. We care about you as a parent,”

wate Friday, May 8, 2020 12:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We want you to have that experience if there’s anyway possible to make that happen and still be within the guidelines we’ve been given,”

wate Friday, May 8, 2020 12:50:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "Governor Whitmer's Executive Orders make it mandatory that businesses provide employees with the proper safety equipment to reopen operations,"

4-traders Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:38:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I haven't heard anything back yet,"

nbcnews Monday, April 13, 2020 3:59:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “It has been a great honor and privilege to have served on the Illinois Supreme Court as well as on the appellate and circuit courts over the past 32 years,”

suntimes Monday, February 10, 2020 11:07:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We are honored to be named one of the ‘Best Places to Work’ in Virginia. Our employees’ opinions matter to us and we strive to work as a cohesive team that respects and trusts one another,”

4-traders Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:04:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “Based on projected annual expenditures provided by the county, this would redirect approximately $15.8 million away from central office facility costs to student needs and educational initiatives,”

wate Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about Glenn Jacobs ) : “Mayor Jacobs and I will continue to work together to explore options for centralizing school maintenance operations and to modernize warehouse processes through digitization of records,” “Such initiatives could potentially free up additional space, which in turn could allow for the sale of both the Knoxville Central Building and Fifth Avenue properties in the future”

wate Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:07:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I hear he's a nice guy,"

arkansasonline Saturday, November 2, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

fox13memphis Saturday, September 21, 2019 10:24:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

HonululuAdvertiser Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

asianage Saturday, September 21, 2019 4:56:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wxii12 Saturday, September 21, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wlwt Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:52:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wyff4 Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:47:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

Koat Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wesh Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:43:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

kcci Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:14:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

houstonchronicle Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:24:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

expressindia Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

samoaobserver Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:22:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the centre of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:13:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

wcnc Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:58:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

12newsnow Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

12news Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:20:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

click2houston Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

ABCnews Saturday, September 21, 2019 2:03:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the centre of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

TorontoStar Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:47:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

newschannel6now Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:38:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

seattletimes Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:22:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

gazette Saturday, September 21, 2019 1:19:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

fox13memphis Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:54:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It’s a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark’s shoe store,”

tribtown Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:50:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "I got to the center of the mall, I saw this car. It's a black SUV crashed against a pillar in front of the Clark's shoe store,"

startribune Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:38:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : “We’re going to do everything that we possibly can to provide the very best educational opportunities for every child,”

wate Friday, September 6, 2019 4:18:00 PM EAT

Bob Thomas said ( about President Trump ) : “There’s some things about President Trump that some of us don’t particularly like,” “But the economy drives it all, especially for small business”

dallasnews Friday, August 30, 2019 1:57:00 AM EAT

Bob Thomas said : "My story, I believe, can be multiplied several hundred thousand times in this state and millions in this country,"

statesman Friday, August 30, 2019 1:40:00 AM EAT