James Rogers, market president of Ameris Bank in Hinesville, said the bank obeyed the letter of the law and Liberty County School Board policy when it submitted a sealed bid to provide banking services for the Liberty County School System. He called an accusation made by LCSS’s chief financial officer Roger Reese’s attorney Matthew Billips “absurd.” Rogers’ response follows Billips claim in a letter to school board members that LCSS Superintendent Dr. Valya Lee violated school board policy and state law with regard to recent sealed bids for banking services the system received from Ameris Bank and Heritage Bank.