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
(262) 619-4645
beth.jones@rusd.org
Sharee Brown
Assistant Director of Special Education
TBD
sharee.brown@rusd.org

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
TBD
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
- Dr Jones
- Mitchell K-8
- Cortney Youngblood
- Case HS
- Eryn Catlin
- Jerstad K-8
- Roosevelt
- Heather Holst heather.holst@rusd.org
- Gilmore K-8
- Knapp
- Schulte
- Wadewitz
- Katie Cranley
- Fratt
- Jefferson
- SC Johnson
- Starbuck
- West Ridge
- Kate Possing
- Horlick HS
- Kristina Wagner
- Gifford K-8
- Goodland Montessori
- Julian Thomas
- O’Brown
- Red Apple

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

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- REAL School
- Walden
- Katie Prybylski
RAL Coordinator (262) 664-4479
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)
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