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- Investigative Report Cover
- Investigation Overview
- Complaint Details
- Witness Statements
- Additional Interviews
- Interview Findings
- Policy Violation Discussion
- Follow-Up Actions
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendices and Index
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMPLIANCE OFFICE 49/20-PS 70018013
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
SUBSTANTIATED APPROVED
‘Classification Secondary Chassication CPO RD Na
Racial Discrimination Not Applicable
No. of Respondents
OFS Incident 1D:
‘Address Of Occurrence: [Link] Complainanis
4 Not Applicable
Location Type ‘ASPEN Event Detall Roport Numibar
Garfield Park Office NONE
Bate Of Occurrence Date Assigned.
November 15, 2019 and November 18, 2019
November 20, 2018
Tvestigater ‘Assisting investigator
‘Approving Supervisor
‘Adam Graham Not Applicable
Debra Spraggins
Date Submitted
Date Approved
January 21, 2020
February 18, 2020
THIS IS AN EOCO INVESTIGATIVE SUBSTANTIATED REPORT
‘COMPLAINANT:
COMPLAINANT:
COMPLAINANT:
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Conmpenriat COMPLAINANT:
COMPLAINANT:
RESPONDENT: Anthony Adamowski
Director of Related Service Providers
Garfield Park Office
2651 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
773-553-6624
INVESTIGATION:
The following statements are summarizations and are not verbatim, unless otherwise indicated by
quotation marks.
On Wednesday, November 20, 2019, the Reporting Investigator Mr. Adam Graham (Ril), was
assigned to investigate an alleged violation of the Chicago Board of Education's Comprehensive
Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy.
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, EEN submitted a complaint against Mr.
Anthony Adamowski via email to the Equal Opportunity Compliance Office (EOCO). On Friday,
November 22, 2019, [NNN submitted a complaint against Mr. Anthony Adamowski, via
email to the EOCO. On Friday, November 22, 2019, — submitted a complaint against
Mr. Anthony Adamowski via email to the EOCO. On Friday, November 22, 2019,
ubmitted a complaint against Mr. Anthony Adamowski via email to the EOCO. On Friday,
November 22, 2019 EEE submitted a complaint against Mr. Anthony Adamowski via
email to the EOCO. These complaints contained substantially similar allegations, including
1. On November 18, 2019, Mr. Adamowski used the term “nigger” multiple times when
describing a video created by a Psychology Inter under his chain of command. He was
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Conmwenria, pecking oT othe i, TT onc
HB told others about Mr. Adamowski's comments.
2. Mr. Adamowski used the term “nigger” or “nigga” during a meeting with
1D $B and other CPS staff members.
A copy of EE complaint is included with this report, labeled as Exhibit A.A ams of
complaint is included with this report, labeled as Exhibit B. A copy of
complaint is included with this report, labeled as Exhibit C. A copy of ‘complaint is,
included with this report, labeled as Exhibit D. A copy of III complaint is included with this
report, labeled as Exhibit E,
Governinc Boao Poucy:
‘The Chicago Board of Education's Comprehensive Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
Policy, “Discrimination: Unjust or prejudicial treatment, including harassment . . . towards individuals
due to the person's real or implied membership in one or more of the Protected Categories.”
“Harassment: Unwelcome verbal . . . conduct... Unwelcome conduct may include .. . slurs, epithets
or name calling . . . ridicule or mockery . . . and/or any ather persistent, pervasive or severe conduct
that interferes with work performance . ..”
interview of
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, the R/l conducted an interview with III in person at
110 North Paulina Street, Chicago, Illinois, which revealed the following information:
(ER Works at the Garfield Park office on the [oor. J works in a I.
amowsk (sto i [a —_—
Es cirectly To Ss
Sometime between June and August 2019, {lJ had a conversation with Mr. Adamowski about
former CPS attorney Mr. Jim Ciesil's termination. [EEE and I were there.
may have been there. This conversation occurred at (iE! meeting. [Mis not
sure how the subject came up. Mr. Adamowski said that he was privy to why Mr. Ciesil was fired and
he would tell them, but not to tell anyone else. Mr. Adamowski said that Mr. Ciesil was representing
CPS in court and was questioning a witness, He asked the witness if another individual called the
witness ‘the n word.” However, Mr. Ciesil actually said the slur. Before court had gone down, Mr.
Ciesil’s statement had already been passed along to Dr. Janice Jackson ID. Chief
Executive Officer, and she made the decision to fire him on the spot. In telling this story, Mr.
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CONFIDENTIAL Adamowski was “almost boastful.” He was chuckling and asking “Why would Jim do something like
that?" [EE EE and SI were in shock when Mr. Adamowski told them about
Mr, Ciesil.
Mr. Adamowski had previously told {NE about Mr. Ciesil’s termination because fj was
working on a case with Mr. Ciesil and would need to get in contact with him about the case. Mr.
Adamowski said that if J emailed Mr, Clesil JJ would get a bounce back message.
Although Mr. Adamowski told SS SEES and SI not to share the
information about Mr. Ciesil’s termination, everyone that Mr. Adamowski supervises now knows the
story, There are whispers among the staff.
[i has never seen a tweet made by Ms. Chamira Sankey ID EEE 2 Psychology
Intern who was fired. However, SEE mace [J aware of a tweet Ms, Sankey had previously
posted right after the union employees got back from the 2019 work stoppage. i told [ij
(RB 2nd SR that an issue with a tweet occurred and [J was not sure how to handle it. No
one ever showed IN @ video made by Ms. Sankey.
Before November 18, 2019, (EEE had never heard Mr. Adamowski use a racial slur.
never heard him use bigoted language.
On November 18, 2019, there was an IEEE meeting that began around 1:00 p.m. It
ended around 2:40 p.m. The meeting was “heated.” The [EEEEEEE§ad been asking for a salary
adjustment. The CPS Talent Office allows individuals to argue that they are not compensated properly
if they have the same duties as an employee with similar duties who is paid at a higher rate. The
(ER wee arguing that they had the same duties as a principal. Mr. Adamowski had told
them they could go to Talent and he would support their effort. There was no response to their
request from Talent, so they went to [i i
[HR |n the November 18, 2019, meeting, Mr. Adamowski told them that {IEE had said that
the (EEN could not have a salary adjustment. He told the {EEE that they could meet
with him one on one if they wanted to discuss the decision. The [EEE were upset.
After the meeting, [IEEE went back to [Jj desk with INN At their desks, they
talked abou and the meeting they had just left. They were not discussing
disciplinary issues. EE anc [I were sitting at their desks.
Mr. Adamowski then came to their area. He talked casually about how much work he had. He
said that he was overwhelmed. He stood next to [EEN desk. He mentioned that he was having
an issue with an employee that he was terminating. He said that he had to meet with “Mary and Jim"
about the issue. NNN grabbed Mr. Adamowski's arm and said “Anthony, Jim's not here
anymore." He replied *! know, | know, | meant Joe Moriarty.”
HEE @sed if the employee he was talking about was one of the employees
Mr. Adamowski asked who [J meant. [J identified an employee. He told
not that person. [llJ asked him if he knew what was going on with [lj employee. He said no. He then
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Confwennas identified a psychology intern as the employee he planned to terminate. He explained that the intern
had posted a tweet about someone doing something to the president, He may have said she was
soliciting someone to kill the president.
He said that his phone was blowing up during the work stoppage and Jadine Chou
IDE, the Chief of Safety and Security, contacted him to let him know that the FBI and CIA
were trying to locate the intern to ask her about the tweet. He may have seid Secret Service instead
of CIA.
EE Was half listening to the conversation, because it did not concern {J employees.
Mr, Adamowski said that the intern had left the tweet up and then went on YouTube and posted
an 18 minute and 33 second video about the incident. It was a rant about the interrogation of the
intern, He said that she had said that an agent had tried to intimidate her.
He began acting the way the girl must have acted in the video. He imitated her. He said that
she had said “This nigger came up on me.” The statement was loud. INN was surprised that
others did not hear it. In response to Mr. Adamowski’s comment, (IEE said “Oh my goo."
stopped listening. [J was not sure what II was doing, but [lj seemed offended by the look
on (il face. [BEI was offended. After the conversation, [J packed up [J things and walked
out of the building ij does not recall if IE lett at the same time.
During the conversation with Mr. Adamowski, [IEEE saw some people at their desks.
There were some team members there, but {lj does not remember who.
At 4:51 p.m., [EEE calicd I cid not pick up, but called
back at 4:51 p.m. IEEE told J that “Anthony said the n word twice to us today."
told [IJ had to take another call and that J would talk to [Jr later.
That evening, EEE talked to J parents about the incident,
On Novernber 19, 2019, at around 9 a.m., IIE walked into work and said hi to fi}
ES
