Roles and Responsibilities

The school district employs special education teachers and related service personnel to deliver specially designed instruction and services for students with disabilities based on the unique needs of a child with a disability in accordance with the accepted IEP. Each school in the district has access to special educators, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other related service personnel as may be required based on the unique needs of children with disabilities. 

The district-wide administrators and administrative assistants are listed below:

• Director of Student Services: Mary Bruhl mbruhl@email.medfield.net,  508-359-7135

• Assistant Director of Special Education: Mark Harrison mharrison@email.medfield.net, 508-359-6055

• Out of District/Transition Program Coordinator: Meredith Becker mbecker@email.medfield.net,  508-359-7135

• Administrative Assistants: 

  • Krystal DePaolo kdepaolo@email.medfield.net,  508-359-7135

  • Marleen Durkey, mdurkey@email.medfield.net,  508-359-7135

Each school in the district has a person who is the primary contact for special education, the Special Education Educational Team Leader. This person works with principals, teachers, specialists and families to build a learning climate that allows all students to achieve within the most inclusive and Least Restrictive Environment.  The names and contact information for each of these individuals is listed below. 

• Memorial Educational Team Leader: Mariessa Theodorou mtheodorou@email.medfield.net, 508-359-5135

• Wheelock Educational Team Leader: Peg Szostak mszostak@email.medfield.net, 508-359-6055

• Dale Street Educational Team Leader: Pam Tobin ptobin@email.medfield.net,  508-359-5538

• Blake MS Educational Team Leader: Mary Salamone msalamone@email.medfield.net,  508-359-2396

• Medfield HS Educational Team Leader: Christine Noonan cnoonan@email.medfield.net,  508-359-4367