Text messages show 'hostile' rift between Superintendent Vitti, school board

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Copies of text messages between Duval County School Board members obtained Thursday by Times-Union news partner First Coast News show a rift between the board and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, who says he's dealing with a "hostile" work environment.
The text messages, including one from board member Dr. Constance Hall calling for Vitti's termination, were sent in September and October when relations between Vitti and the board reached a nadir as the superintendent sought to reform some of the district's lowest performing schools, the superintendent said.

"There's been a bit of a hostile work environment that has been present since the day I became superintendent," Vitti told First Coast News. "I think when you look at what the district wanted, they wanted a transformational leader and I brought that transformation."

Dr. Vitti was hired in 2012 to bring about change. But the superintendent said the changes he's making have been met with resistance — despite the fact that the board voted unanimously to extend his contract last March.

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