Kim Atkinson holds up a photo of a desk on a roof during an AUSD school board meeting on Jan. 24, 20204. She said that it was placed on a school district roof at the direction of the head of maintenance for Antioch Unified School District in 2023. She and others say there is a hostile workplace environment there.
“I think there’s a need for immediate change, immediate action to do right by our employees,” AUSD school board President Antonio Hernandez said. Hernandez said he will include the same items — Anello’s evaluation and discussion of possible discipline — at the upcoming May 8 regular board session. After first hearing of the complaints during a school board meeting last fall and again in late January, Hernandez said he was assured the matter was handled appropriately.
Anello has not had an evaluation since 2020. Rocha said it hasn’t been done because the board couldn’t first agree on setting goals. According to Hernandez, other board members have stood in the way of doing the required annual evaluation and it “has constantly been punted.”