The Special Education Parent Liaison project is a joint project of the Arlington Public School’s Parent Resource Center (PRC) and the Arlington Special Education PTA (SEPTA). The goal for the project is for each elementary, middle, and high school in Arlington to have at least two parent volunteers who will serve as Special Education Parent Liaisons to support and encourage the flow of information between each of the schools, the PRC, and SEPTA.
Liaisons share PRC and SEPTA information with their schools, and serve in an advisory capacity, providing ideas for trainings and materials, and input from individual school communities. The Parent Liaisons group meets once or twice each year. Finally, Liaisons serve as points of contact for families interested in connecting with another parent of a child with special needs in individual schools.
View list of current liaisons
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS |
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| LITTLE BEGINNINGS – PIP PROGRAM | Vacancy | ||||
| REED | Erin Lennartz erin.pdx@gmail.com 703.892.0203 Patrick Walsh Cristina Yacobucci |
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS |
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| ABINGDON | Courtney Forrest croberts8@gmail.com 617.851.4544 |
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| ARLINGTON SCIENCE FOCUS | Julie McGowan Flynn julie.mcgowanflynn@simpsonhousing.com |
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| ARLINGTON TRADITIONAL | Vacancy | ||||
| ASHLAWN | Kristin Niemi Gillig kngillig@yahoo.com |
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| BARCROFT | Erica Froyd erica@lewis-burke.com 703.303.8102Kimiko Lighty kimikolighty@gmail.com 301.437.7943 |
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| BARRETT | Margy Dunn margy.johnston@gmail.com |
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| CAMPBELL | Hannah Grieco hannah.grieco@gmail.com 908.956.2336Melissa Wadman mel@billwadman.com 203.528.7618 |
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| CARLIN SPRINGS | Ericka Bismarck ericka_bismarck@yahoo.com 703.474.9750 |
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| CLAREMONT | Caroline Butler carolinebutler77@gmail.com 703.819.6228Dan Brady danbrady82@gmail.com 703.402.4503 |
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| DISCOVERY | Shannon Dippold shannonmichele23@gmail.com 732.684.7183 |
Tim Evans timothy.j.evans1@gmail.comC: 571.334.4777 | Taylor Jonesrtljones@gmail.comC: 202.355.4292 | Caroline Mountcastle-Carlsoncarolinemcarlson@yahoo.comC: 703.628.4846 | Saira Smithsairanhussain@gmail.comC: 415.271.2487 |
| DREW | Hannah Grieco Hannah.grieco@gmail.com 908.956.2336 |
Kia Hayneskhaynes74@gmail.com202.247.7253 | Aquila Stewart stewbrew5@gmail.comC: 571.268.6865 | ||
| GLEBE | Monica Aquino-Thieman aquino.thieman@gmail.com 202.210.1929 |
Keri Cuppleskeri_cupples@hotmail.comC: 703.403.8248 | |||
| PATRICKHENRY | Katherine Harris harriskath@gmail.com 703.969.2842 |
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| HOFFMAN BOSTON | Mungunzaya Coughlin (Fluent in Mongolian) ms_044@yahoo.com 703.231.2842 |
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| JAMESTOWN | Alison Cassels amb720@aol.com 703.300.9149 |
Janna Dressel janna.dressel@gmail.comC: 703.283.3970 | Leslie Goodman *(Fluent in Spanish)*charlieandleslie@gmail.comC: 305.586.0418 | Minerva Trudo mdtrudo@gmail.comH: 703.465.8978 C: 703.850.4168 | |
| KEY | Martha Madrid rozada_madrid@yahoo.com 703.283.0963 |
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| LONG BRANCH | Clarette Yen clarette@gmail.com |
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| MCKINLEY | Cristina Camacho-Yacobucci (Fluent in Spanish,French) cristinaecamacho@gmail.com |
Melissa CraigMelissa_Craig@uhc.com202.725.8447 | Jennifer Myersjencmyers@gmail.com202.286.1680 | Midori Romemidorihargrave@gmail.com | |
| NOTTINGHAM | Janet Pence janetpence@comcast.net |
Wendy Pizerwpizer@gmail.comC: 202.441.2344 | Stacy Rosenthalstacyrosenthal@att.netC: 703.338.6914 | ||
| OAKRIDGE | Mohamed Toure and Veronique Coker mohamedtoure3@gmail.com |
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| RANDOLPH | Cherie Fowler cherieaf@yahoo.com 386.283.3572 |
David Siudavidcsiu@gmail.com | |||
| TAYLOR | Danielle Bastarache daniellebastarache@hotmail.com |
Meredith Jaeckelmtombros@yahoo.comC: 703.798.3087 | Maria Votschmwvotsch@gmail.comC: 703.217.6227 | ||
| TUCKAHOE | Jenny Hommel jennymattingley@gmail.com |
Kathryn LinehanKathylizzy@gmail.com | David Siudavidcsiu@gmail.com | ||
MIDDLE SCHOOLS |
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| GUNSTON | Michelle Best mczero@yahoo.com 703.283.3877 |
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| JEFFERSON | Melody Kisor melodykisor@gmail.com |
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| KENMORE | Jill Buzby jillbuzby@aol.com 703.527.6013 |
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| SWANSON | Jessica Frank jessicafrank640@gmail.com 630.962.9050 |
Heather Stemashstemas@gmail.com703.473.0964 | |||
| WILLIAMSBURG | Sandy Minners mailforsandy@yahoo.com C: 703.298.5141 H: 703.665.0518 |
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SECONDARY PROGRAMS (6th – 12th Grade) |
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| CAREER CENTER/ARLINGTON TECH | Sarah Gonzalez sarahlynnmcphee@gmail.com 206.858.1409 |
Sharon WhiteSharonGWhite@gmail.comC: 703.307.6091 | |||
| HB WOODLAWN | Caroline Butler carolinebutler77@gmail.com 703.819.6228 |
Nick Walkosak walkosak@gmail.comC: 703.772.7628 | |||
| LANGSTON | Vacancy | ||||
| STRATFORD PROGRAM | Caroline Levy gracelevy@gmail.com 703.447.6616 |
Janet M. Saterjsater@ida.orgH: 703.892.5620 | |||
| NEW DIRECTIONS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM | Vacancy | ||||
| HIGH SCHOOLS | |||||
| ARLINGTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL | Doris Salazar dlumana7@gmail.com 703.980-3541 |
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| WAKEFIELD | Maria Callier cecile0422@gmail.com 703.715.7787 |
Juliet HiznayJuliet@jdhiznay.com | Melody Kisormelodykisor@gmail.com | Theresa Waddelltheresa.waddell@gmail.comC: 703.801.7594 | |
| WASHINGTON-LEE | Jill Buzby jillbuzby@aol.com 703.527.6013 |
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| YORKTOWN | Michelle Best mczero@yahoo.com 703.283.3877 |
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Seeking Special Education Parent Liaisons
Volunteer online to serve as a Special Education Parent Liaison:
https://goo.gl/forms/d9DaUpllNrYHfQD33
Special Education Parent Liaisons Resources
- Special Education Parent Liaisons – Roles and Responsibilities
- CATCHing Family Engagement: Presented by Dana Yarbrough, Director, Center for Family Involvement, Virginia Commonwealth University
February 27, 2018
Need more information? You can contact the Parent Resource Center at 703.228.2739 or emma.parralsanchez@apsva.us. We look forward to talking with you.
