Contact Special Education

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
 

Sharee Brown
Assistant Director of Special Education 
sharee.brown@rusd.org
(262) 631-7034
Case, Gifford, Horlick, Jerstad, Park , RAL,  REAL, & Walden

EC Supervisor
(262) 631-7156
lori.patino@rusd.org

 

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

• Case HS
• Horlick HS
• Park HS
• RAL
• The REAL School
• Walden MS & HS

Emma Valadez

EC Program Secretary 
262- 631-7153

• BEE Center
• Wadewitz
• West Ridge
• Gifford

Mary Hvizdak  
Elementary/MS Program Secretary 
631-7199

• Jefferson
• Jerstad K-8
• Gifford K-8
• O’Brown
• Red Apple
• Roosevelt
• Starbuck
• Wadewitz
• West Ridge

Ada Klemick   
Elementary/MS Program Secretary 
631-7178

• Dr Jones
• Fratt
• Gilmore K-8
• Goodland Montessori
• Julian Thomas
• Mitchell K-8
• Knapp
• SC Johnson
• Schulte

Program Support Team 

PSTs/Coordinators:  

• Beth Story beth.story@rusd.org
  • Dr Jones
  • Mitchell K-8
• Cortney Youngblood
  • Case HS
• TBD
  • Jerstad K-8
  • Roosevelt
• Heather Holst  heather.holst@rusd.org
  • Gilmore K-8
  • Knapp
  • Schulte
  • Wadewitz
• Katie Cranley  katie.cranley@rusd.org 
  • Fratt
  • Jefferson
  • SC Johnson
  • Starbuck
  • West Ridge
• Kate Possing  catherine.possing@rusd.org      
  • Horlick HS
• Kristina Wagner kristina.wagner@rusd.org
  • Gifford K-8
  • Goodland Montessori
  • Julian Thomas
  • O’Brown
  • Red Apple

• Park HS Coordinator (262) 664-4479
  stephanie.chaussee@rusd.org

• • REAL School
  • Walden
    taylor.shannon@rusd.org
• Katie Prybylski
  RAL Coordinator (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

• 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)

 

Kim Bruessel, FASC Support (ASC)

631-7179

 

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

Justine Bieganski
Transition & Work Experience Coordinator
(262) 631-7038
justine.bieganski@rusd.org

Ann Barry
Assistive Technology/ Speech Language Support
(262) 631-7186
ann.barry@rusd.org

TBD
District Wide EBSC Support Teacher
 

Kim Bruessel
District Wide FASC Support Teacher
(262) 664-6021
kim.bruessel@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.org

Felicia James
School Social Worker
(262) 939-5485
felicia.james@rusd.org

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