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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