Find contact information for the members of the Special Education department.
Special Education Instruction & Support
Dara Atandare
Deputy Chief of Special Education
(262) 631-7148
dara.atandare@rusd.org
Beth Jones
Assistant Director of Special Education
beth.jones@rusd.org
(262) 619-4645
Dr. Jones, Fratt, Gilmore, Goodland, Jefferson, Julian Thomas, Knapp, Mitchell,
Olympia Brown, Red apple, Roosevelt, Schulte, SC Johnson, Starbuck, Wadewitz and West Ridge
Early Childhood Supervisor
Sharee Brown
Assistant Director of Special Education
sharee.brown@rusd.org
(262) 631-7034
Case, Gifford, Horlick, Jerstad, Park , RAL, REAL, & Walden
Adam Schneider
Special Education Specialist
(262) 631-7148
adam.schneider@rusd.org
Medicaid/Purchasing
(262) 631-7127
lori.schneider@rusd.org
Program Secretary Staff
MS/HS Program Secretary
262- 631-7143
catherine.studebaker@rusd.org
- Case HS
- Horlick HS
- Park HS
- RAL
- The REAL School
- Walden MS & HS
Emma Valadez
EC Program Secretary
262- 631-7153
emma.valadez@rusd.org
- BEE Center
- Wadewitz
- West Ridge
- Gifford
Mary Hvizdak
Elementary/MS Program Secretary
262-631-7199
mary.hvizkak@rusd.org
- Jefferson
- Jerstad K-8
- Gifford K-8
- O’Brown
- Red Apple
- Roosevelt
- Starbuck
- Wadewitz
- West Ridge
Ada Klemick
Elementary/MS Program Secretary
262-631-7178
ada.klemick@rusd.org
- Dr Jones
- Fratt
- Gilmore K-8
- Goodland Montessori
- Julian Thomas
- Mitchell K-8
- Knapp
- SC Johnson
- Schulte
Special Education Coordinators
- Beth Story beth.story@rusd.org
- Dr Jones
- Mitchell K-8
- Kattie Woida kattie.woida@rusd.org
- Case HS
- Justine Bieganski justine.bieganski@rusd.org
- Jerstad K-8
- Roosevelt
- Heather Holst heather.holst@rusd.org
- Gilmore K-8
- Knapp
- Schulte
- Wadewitz
- Christy Timms christy.timms@rusd.org
- Fratt
- West Ridge
- Kate Possing catherine.possing@rusd.org
- Horlick HS
Kate Sieg
- Jefferson Lighthouse School (262) 930-4994
kate.sieg@rusd.org - Kristina Wagner kristina.wagner@rusd.org
- Gifford K-8
- Goodland Montessori
- Julian Thomas
- O’Brown
- Red Apple
- Park HS (262) 664-4479
stephanie.chaussee@rusd.org
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- REAL School
- Walden
- Starbuck
taylor.shannon@rusd.org
- Katie Prybylski
- REAL School
- SC Johnson
(262) 664-4479 katherine.prybylski@rusd.org
Diagnosticians
DTs
- Ashlee Tonar
- Fratt
- Julian Thomas
- Mitchell K-8
- Dream Gunther
- Case HS
- Horlick HS
- Non-Public (HS)
- RAL
- REAL
- Park HS
- Walden MS & HS
- Lisa Moeller
- Gifford K-8
- Jefferson
- SC Johnson
- Starbuck MS
- West Ridge
- Dr Jones
- Gilmore K-8
- Knapp
- Racine Montessori
- Schulte
- TBD
- Jerstad K-8
- O’Brown
- Red Apple
- Roosevelt
- Wadewitz
- Tricia Ward
- Non-Public School (K-8)
School Psychologists
Elementary Schools
- BEE Center/EC: Jennifer Quall
- Dr Jones: Jeanette Dellamano
- Fratt: Jeanette Dellamano
- Goodland Montessori: Angela Johnson
- Jefferson: Amy Waters
- Julian Thomas: Karlene Hrenak
- Knapp: Robert Todd
- O’Brown: Robert Todd
- Red Apple: Michaela Grosse
- Roosevelt: David Naylor
- SC Johnson: Charease Lyons
- Schulte: Jennifer Quall
- Wadewitz: Traci Joslyn
- West Ridge: Angela Johnson
K-8 / MIddle Schools
- Gifford: Charease Lyons & Kelly O’Donnell
- Gilmore: Kelly Hoaglund-Zumstein
- Jerstad: Laura Wilde (MS) & Nicole Kaegi (EL)
- Mitchell: Otto Schneider (MS)
- Mitchell: Suzanne Gentry (Elementary)
- Starbuck: Amy Waters
High Schools
- Case: Katherine Ballbach & Michaela Grosse
- Horlick: Patricia White & Kyle LaMay
- Park: Andrew Gulotta & Jessica Gutierrez
- RAL: Janessa Schwobe
- The Real School: Kyle LaMay
- Walden: David Naylor
District Wide Bilingual
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Carlos Gonzales, Bilingual Psych (EL & MS)
631-7013
Jessica Gutierrez, Bilingual Psych (MS & HS)
TBD
Racine Early Learning Support
EC Diagnostician/PST
(262) 664-6738
ashley.lindstrom@rusd.org
EC Diagnostician/PST
amanda.buchenauer@rusd.org
Jaime Hunt
EC Diagnostician/PST
jamie.hunt@rusd.org
EC Speech/Language Diagnostician
(262) 939-9038
celia.kuhl@rusd.org
EC Speech/Language Diagnostician (Bilingual)
evelyn.munoz@rusd.org
EC Diagnostic Speech
kara.pace@rusd.org
EC Speech/Language Diagnostician
(262) 619-4508
lisa.leicht@rusd.org
EC Social Worker
(262) 664-6762
maryjane.arroyo@rusd.org
Cheryl Holewinski
EC Social Worker
(262) 619-4507
cheryl.holewinski@rusd.org
District Wide Program Support Staff
Melissa Ruta, Deaf & Hard of Hearing Itinerant Teacher (ASC)
619-4641
TBD, Teacher of Visually Impaired (ASC)
631-7068 - email adam.schneider@rusd.org for agency contact
TBD, Teacher of Visually Impaired (ASC)
631-7068 - email adam.schneider@rusd.org for agency contact
Brennan Kelly. Orientation & Mobility Specialist (ASC)
Kate Sieg
Special Education Technology Coordinator
(262) 631-7155
kate.sieg@rusd.org
Christy Timms
Professional Development Coordinator
414-305-7101
christy.timms@rusd.org
TBD
Transition & Work Experience Coordinator
(262) 631-7038
Ann Barry
Assistive Technology/ Speech Language Support
(262) 631-7186
ann.barry@rusd.org
Kerrie McCullough kerrie.mccullough@rusd.org
District Wide EBSC Coordinator
(262) 619-4666
kerrie.mccullough@rusd.org
Katie Cranley
District Wide FASC Coordinator
(262) 631-7179
katie.cranley@rusd.org
Anastasia Boyle
Audiologist
anastasia.boyle@rusd.org
Tricia Ward
District Wide Diagnostician
(262) 631-7144
tricia.ward@rusd.org
Taylor Shannon
Instructional Technology Support
(262) 631-7150
taylor.shannon@rusd.org
Erin Edwards
Teacher of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
erin.edwards@rusd.org
Jenny Maxwell
Teacher of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
jennifer.maxwell@rusd.org
Private Parochial Schools
Kyami Cronin
Speech/Language Diagnostician
(262) 619-4629
kyami.cronin@rusd.or
Natalie Darrow
Speech-Language Pathologist
(262) 631-7189
natalie.darrow@rusd.org
Julie Czajka
Speech-Language Pathologist
(262) 631-7144
julie.czajka@rusd.org
Elizabeth Alesci
Speech-Language Pathologist
(262) 631-7141
elizabeth.alesci@rusd.org