Members of the Warsaw School Board were scolded Wednesday by a woman who said the school district’s human resources department passed information on to its attorney that it shouldn’t have.
Board members did not comment on her statement, and she left shortly afterward.
During the public comment portion of the board’s regular meeting, Della Headford said, “I’m here to ask the board if you are aware that your HR department has complicated the lawsuit between the bus drivers and WCS. Are you aware of that?”
A Warsaw bus driver, David Williams, filed a lawsuit in federal court in April, claiming WCS required bus drivers to perform work for the school corporation without compensation. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of former and current bus drivers.
Headford said the HR department gave “personal, private information out of my employment file to your lawyer to take a shot at me. He used that information to slander my family member, and has humiliated her beyond belief.”
She said she has filed a complaint with the “attorney’s board” for disciplinary actions against the corporation’s attorney.
“I think you owe somebody an apology. That information was personal and private to me, and for you to give that information to your lawyer and then he publicly displayed that and humiliate my sister, is disgusting to me. And I want to know how that happened and why,” Headford said.
She said her personal information has nothing to do with a labor lawsuit.
“And the only reason your HR department is aware of that, is because I came to her and told her personally that my boss at the time, Cheryl Cook, was aggravating me concerning my lifestyle. Now my lifestyle got thrown into your lawsuit, which absolutely is despicable to me. A labor lawsuit is entirely different than my lifestyle, which this attorney has brought out into a lawsuit that it had no business being in,” Headford said.
Board President Heather Reichenbach thanked Headford for her time and the board moved to other business.
