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Find contact information for the members of the Chief Academic Office Staff department.

Soren Gajewski
Soren Gajewski
Chief Academic Officer
(262) 664-8735
soren.gajewski@rusd.org
Janell Decker
Janell Decker
Deputy Chief of Curriculum
& Instruction
(262) 631-7065
janell.decker@rusd.org
 Mallory Umar
Mallory Umar
Assistant Director of
Curriculum & Instruction
(262) 631-7017
mallory.umar@rusd.org

 Joanna Borchardt
Joanna Borchardt
Assistant Director of Curriculum & Instruction
joanna.borchardt@rusd.org
 

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Michele Steger

Assistant Principal of Virtual Learning
​michele.steger@rusd.org
Maria Barreras
Maria Barreras
Executive Director, Department of
Language & Global Learning
maria.barreras@rusd.org

Dara Atandare
Dara Atandare

Deputy Chief of Special Education
(262) 631-7148
dara.atandare@rusd.org

Beth Jones
Assistant Director of Special Education
(262) 619-4645
beth.jones@rusd.org
 

 Amy Shepherd
Amy Shepherd
Director of Early Learning
(262) 664-8201
amy.shepherd@rusd.org

 Claire Stein
Claire Stein
Manager for Early Learning
262-664-8240
claire.stein@rusd.org

 Lorie Karls
Lorie Karls
Director of Professional Learning
(262) 664-6126
lorie.karls@rusd.org

 Diane Salazar
Diane Salazar
Supervisor, Title I NonPublic School Program
diane.salazar@rusd.org

 


 
 

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