California official ousted for Covid remarks now accused of putting employee's desk on roof and workplace bullying
A Northern California school administrator who lost a city post four years ago over controversial Covid remarks was accused of workplace bullying for putting a subordinate's desk on a roof, officials said Thursday.
A Northern California school administrator who lost a city post four years ago over controversial Covid remarks was accused of workplace bullying for putting a subordinate's desk on a roof, officials said Thursday.
The allegations against Kenneth Turnage II, director of maintenance, operations and facilities at the Antioch Unified School District, could end up costing his boss, Superintendent Stephanie Anello, her job.
Jim Kesser’s desk on a roof in the maintenance yard where Kesser works.via NBC Bay AreaThe incident happened last year when Turnage allegedly had subordinate Jim Kesser’s desk moved on top of a maintenance yard structure, NBC Bay Area reported.
Kesser told the station the incident was meant to humiliate him because he questioned his own qualifications to perform a task that Turnage had assigned.
Several other district employees told NBC Bay Area that Turnage is a well-known bully who benefits from being close friends with Anello, the superintendent, and her husband, the city’s former police chief.
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