An Antioch Unified School District (AUSD) supervisor accused of repeatedly bullying employees – including ordering one of their desks to be moved to the roof of a building – may face discipline for the first time.
Five investigations into bullying claims involving AUSD maintenance director Ken Turnage reveal he was prone to being profane and physically threatening towards his employees and generally inappropriate at work.
Investigators said Turnage regularly called his boss, Superintendent Stephanie Anello, “mom” or “mommy” at the office. Investigators said that “led employees to reasonably believe that [Turnage] was beyond reproach due to his connections to the Superintendent.”
These are new findings from outside investigators hired by Antioch Unified School District after NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit broke the story of this boss bullying scandal last April. There were five new investigations, two of which resulted from Turnage filing bullying complaints after being the subject of several himself…