Brian Fahrendholz, director of operations and maintenance at Sioux City Community Schools, talks about the design at Bryant Elementary School on Jan. 29.
SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City School District director of operations and maintenance Brian Fahrendholz has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, which ends Thursday.
In response to a Journal inquiry, school district spokeswoman Mandie Mayo on Wednesday said Fahrendholz had been placed on leave for five work days, which began Friday.
Mayo said she could not specify the reasons for the leave, since personnel details are confidential.
Fahrendholz has worked for the district since May 2014. Previous to that, he worked for the city of Sioux City as field services manager.
Fahrendholz leads a team of 120 workers who maintain and repair 27 buildings on 388 acres in the district. He also has been a key point person for new school construction projects, such as the Bryant Elementary School that opened in August and the Hunt Elementary School project that is underway.
Bryant Elementary First Day #2
From left, second grade students Eden Roling and Zavier Woodruff recite the P.A.W.S. pledge at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City Friday. It was the first day of classes at the new Bryant, built at the same northside site as an aging school of the same name that was demolished in the summer 2016.
Bryant Elementary First Day
Adrian Hernandez, a second-grader, lifts his arms up during a class activity at the new music room at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Sioux City Journal Photo by Justin Wan
Bryant Elementary First Day
Second grade teacher Carrie Edwards talks with students at Bryant Elementary School on Aug. 23, the first day for the new school on Sioux City's north side.
Bryant Elementary First Day
The new gymnasium at Bryant Elementary School is seen in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Sioux City Journal Photo by Justin Wan
Gausman Bryant Elementary First Day
In this August 2019 file photo, Superintendent Paul Gausman talks with students at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City. Gausman's salary is nearing $250,000, after approval Monday of a 2.25% raise in his pay and benefits package.
Bryant Elementary First Day
Students run in the new gymnasium at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Sioux City Journal Photo by Justin Wan
Bryant Elementary First Day #1
Third-graders from left, Fay Johnson, Betelihem Reda, and Heemen Ambye exercise at the gymnasium at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City on the first day of classes in the new northside school.
