The unanimous termination stems from complaints by four staff members that the district's maintenance director, Kenneth Turnage, was bullying them; often shouting, insulting, humiliating, berating, and belittling them.
The controversy over whether a major department head of the Antioch Unified School District was a prankster or a bully has resulted in the firing of the superintendent for not holding that person accountable. Nonetheless, under the contract, former Superintendent Stephanie Anello will receive $265,000 of this year's $353,000 salary.This was the pronouncement by the school board's president at Wednesday’s board meeting.
In one example, Kessler said his desk was placed on a roof with a crude sign placed near an unsecured ladder, an OSHA violation, as well as tossing his personal effects thrown into a cart with things now missing. "Everybody kind of knew that he's kind of aggressive. He can be very loud. He's very demanding. People stayed away from him. I stayed away from him because I had this thing in his office prior to that. That's why I think he retaliated against me," said Kessler.
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