BEING VIOLENT, ALTHOUGH WE WERE NERVOUS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. >> ALL THREE SUSPECTS ARE FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING KIDNAPPING AND TORTURE. >>> TONIGHT, THE ANTIOCH SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IS CALLING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO STEP DOWN. JUST ONE DAY AFTER AN NBC BAY AREA INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CANDACE WHEN UNCOVERED CONCERNS ABOUT BULLYING, NOT BY STUDENTS BUT BY A SUPERVISOR, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ACCUSED OF TURNING A BLIND EYE TO IT. >> YES, I WAS HORRIFIED, THIS IS NOT THE DISTRICT THAT I HOPE TO CREATE OR EYE VISION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS. WE MET ANTIOCH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD PRESIDENT ANTONIO HERNANDEZ REACTING TO NBC BAY AREA'S INVESTIGATION WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE A USD DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES, ACCUSED OF MOVING DISTRICT EMPLOYEE JIM KOESTER'S DESK TO THE ROOF TO PUNISH HIM FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HIS JAW -- ABOUT HIS JOB EXPECTATIONS. >> HE CAN GO FROM 0 TO 60 IN FIVE SECONDS, I WAS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT WEEKEND. MY WIFE SAID, YOU ARE HAVING PANIC ATTACKS. WE MET ONE OF NEARLY A DOZEN EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS FOR BULLYING ACCORDING TO THE WORKERS THEMSELVES AND A DISTRICT OFFICIAL. >> HE STOPPED BEHIND HIS DESK IN THIS THING IS THAT I DON'T RESPECT YOU, AT ALL. >> HE IS CHARGED UPON ME, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.>> Reporter: IS NOT THE ONLY ONE UNDER FIRE, EMPLOYEES SAY HE IS GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE OF HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER HUSBAND, THE ANTIOCH FORMER POLICE CHIEF. >> THEY GO GOLFING TOGETHER EVERY WEEKEND. >> COUGH BUDDIES AND BARBECUE BUDDIES. >> Reporter: AFTER NUMEROUS UNANSWERED CALLS, HE STILL DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT LAST WEEK SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. >> SEVERAL EMPLOYEES FEEL HE HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY DISCIPLINED BECAUSE HE HAS A CLOSE RECENT -- RELATIONSHIP TO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, A FORMER POLICE CHIEF, HOW DO YOU RESPOND? >> I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THE BRAVERY THAT THESE EMPLOYEES HAD TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND THE TRAUMA THAT THEY SUFFERED THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYMENT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M SORRY WE HAVE NOT DONE MORE TO HELP ADDRESS THIS AND CREATE A DISTRICT THAT WE TRULY WANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: HE CALLED FOR A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO DISCUSS DISCIPLINARY OR REMOVAL ACTION, NOT SAYING WHICH EMPLOYEE, THE BOARD MEMBER JACK LAYTON SAID HE SUPPORTS THE ACTION, BUT HOURS LATER HERNANDEZ SAID THREE OUT OF THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS DID NOT AGREE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, MEANING IT IS NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, MAYBE ADD ANOTHER DATE. HERNANDEZ REESE NODDED LATE THURSDAY, HE'S DISAPPOINTED BY A MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES REFUSAL TO PROCTOR -- PRIORITIZE OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS, AT THIS POINT, I'M LEFT WITH CALLING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TO STEP DOWN. >> I ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW UP AND SIT ARE THESE BEING ADDRESSED AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND YOU GOT EXPEDITIONS THAT WERE LOT MORE PROCEDURAL. >> Reporter: HE HOPES THAT THE BOARD CAN -- COLLECTIVELY ASKED, AND HE HOPES THAT THEY ALL GIVE HIM HOPE, HE CALLS THEM BRAVE. >> THEY RISKED A LOT OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIVES AND THEIR CAREERS TO COME SPEAK AT THESE MEETINGS AND PUBLICLY SHARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. NOT KNOWING IF THEY WOULD FACE RETALIATION. >> IN EARLIER EMAILS, THE DISTRICTS HR SAID ACTION WAS TAKEN AGAINST TURNAGE, BUT NOT SPECIFYING WHAT KIND. WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER THREE
