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 
(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

• • 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

• 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