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Service center employees describe hostile work environment and urge board to pause assistant superintendent confirmation
Summary
Multiple service center employees told the board that a recently rehired assistant superintendent of plant services created a hostile environment, alleging threats, excessive write-ups and use of a body camera; employees asked board members and HR to intervene.
Several employees who work at the Buffalo School Service Center urged the board to delay or block confirmation of the assistant superintendent for plant services, saying the unit's climate has become hostile since that administrator's rehiring.
"The work environment has become extremely hostile," said James Marenka, a 16-year service center employee. "Employees have been written up for very petty occurrences like scratching or denting work vans." Marenka said production has…
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