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rcsd special education department
Deserie Richmond
Acting Chief of Special Education
Email: Deserie.Richmond@rcsdk12.org
If you have questions related to Special Education services, please call 585-262-8220 for additional assistance.
Directors of Special Education
Amy Alkiewicz
Director of Special Education
Amy.Alkiewicz@rcsdk12.org
Leanne Gmeindl
Director of Special Education
Leanne.Gmeindl@rcsdk12.org
Jaime Lustig
Director of Alternative Special Education Programs and External Education
Jaime.Lustig@rcsdk12.org
Melissa Pittman
Director of Special Education
Melissa.Pittman@rcsdk12.org
Stephanie Yehl
Director of Special Education
Stephanie.Yehl@rcsdk12.org
rcsd special education department
associate director chart
This chart will assist you in determining what Associate Director of Special Education is assigned to your child's school. This Associate Director can assist you with questions relating to your child's IEP, annual reviews, evaluations, placement, transportation, and more.
Associate Directors of Special Education
Megan Bonacci
Edison Career & Technology High School
Megan.Bonacci@rcsdk12.org
Lawanda Brown
10-Dr. Walter Cooper Academy School
33-John James Audubon School
Lawanda.Brown@rcsdk12.org
Suzanne Bucci
16-John Walton Spencer School
106-RISE Community School
Joseph C. Wilson Foundation Academy
Suzanne.Bucci@rcsdk12.org
Jeniffer Johnson
15-The Children's School of Rochester
58-World of Inquiry School
Jeniffer.Johnson@rcsdk12.org
Kerri Cannito
James Monroe Lower School
James Monroe Upper School
Kerri.Cannito@rcsdk12.org
Pamela Carlton-Ferris
Franklin Upper School
Pamela.Carlton-Ferris@rcsdk12.org
Shannon D'Agostino
4-George Mather Forbes School
29-Adlai E Stevenson School
Shannon.D'Agostino@rcsdk12.org
Sheena Eckler
Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Commencement Academy
School Without Walls Commencement Academy
Sheena.Eckler@rcsdk12.org
Eileen Eller
42-Abelard Reynolds School
46-Charles Carrol School
52-Frank Fowler School
Eileen.Eller@rcsdk12.org
Jason George
East Lower School
East Upper School
Jason.George@rcsdk12.org
Marilyn Haile
25-Nathaniel Hawthorne School
50-Helen Barrett Montgomery School
54-The Flower City School
Marilyn.Haile@rcsdk12.org
Jean Calabrese
9-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School
35-Pinnacle School
45-Mary McLeod Bethune school
Jean.Calabrese@rcsdk12.org
Jennifer Kane
22-Abraham Lincoln School
28-Henry Hudson School
Jennifer.Kane@rcsdk12.org
Eugene McNamara, Associate Director of Compliance
Compliance
All City High
Eugene.McNamara@rcsdk12.org
Tina Mileham, Associate Director of Related Services
Related Services
53-Montessori Academy School
Kristina.Mileham@rcsdk12.org
Marissa Nicholson
Northeast College Preparatory High School
Franklin Lower School
Marissa.Nicholson@rcsdk12.org
Kara Oakes
Dr. Alice Holloway Young School of Excellence
Rochester Early College International High School
School of the Arts
Kara.Oakes@rcsdk12.org
Diana Radley
17-Enrico Fermi School
23-Francis Parker School
34-Dr. Louis A. Cerulli School
Diana.Radley@rcsdk12.org
Adam Rodger
5-John Williams School
8-Roberto Clemente School
Adam.Rodger@rcsdk12.org
Stephanie Thomas
2-Clara Barton School
7-Virgil I. Grissom School
12-Anna Murray-Douglas Academy School
Stephanie.Thomas@rcsdk12.org
Jamesha Wilson
19-Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School
39-Adnrew J. Townson School
Northwest Junior High at Douglas
Jamesha.Wilson@rcsdk12.org
Central Committee on Special Education:
Jen Feldman
Central Committee on Special Education
Supporting Placement
Jennifer.Feldman@rcsdk12.org
Sarah Peters
Central Committee on Special Education
New York State Alternative Assessment Programs
Sarah.Peters@rcsdk12.org
Joanna Rowe
Central Committee on Special Education
Autism Programs
Joanna.Rowe@rcsdk12.org
Alternative Special Education Programs and External Education:
Mark Ferraro
Home Instruction
Youth & Justice
Manifestation Determination Process
Mark.Ferraro@rcsdk12.org
Paul Holmes
External Education Programs
Paul.Holmes@rcsdk12.org
Abby Martino
External Education Programs
Abby.Martino@rcsdk12.org
Melinda Hyde
External Education Programs
melinda.hyde@rcsdk12.org
PreSchool and Committee on Preschool Special Education
Magdalene Economou
Rochester Early Childhood Education Center (RECEC)
Committee on Preschool Special Education
Magdalene.Economou@rcsdk12.org
Kelly Sanson
Committee on Preschool Special Education
Kelly.Sanson@rcsdk12.org
Student Placement:
Kimberley Morales Whitehead
Student Placement
Kimberley.Morales-Whitehead@rcsdk12.org
RCSD office of parent engagement
Director of Office of Parent Engagement
Keisha Hollomon
Director of The Office of Parent Engagement, OPE
Rochester City School District
Telephone: (585) 262-8658
Fax: (585) 262-2616
Keisha.hollomon@rcsdk12.org