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 volunteers (parents of students with disabilities) to 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.
| PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS | |
| LITTLE BEGINNINGS – PIP PROGRAM | |
| REED | Patrick Walsh patrickswalsh@yahoo.com 414.467.6829 |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS | |
| ABINGDON | Courtney Forrest croberts8@gmail.com 617.851.4544 |
| ARLINGTON SCIENCE FOCUS | Susan Shuckra susanshuckra@gmail.com |
| ARLINGTON TRADITIONAL | Amy Miller amymillerphd@gmail.com C: 202.657.9672 |
| ASHLAWN | Kristin Niemi Gillig kngillig@yahoo.com |
| BARCROFT | Erica Froyd ericafroyd@yahoo.com C: 703.303.8102 |
| Kimiko Lighty kimikolighty@gmail.com C: 301.437.7943 |
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| BARRETT | Margy Dunn margy.johnston@gmail.com |
| CAMPBELL | Melissa Wadman mel@billwadman.com C: 203.528.7618 |
| CARLIN SPRINGS | Ericka Bismarck ericka_bismarck@yahoo.com 703.474.9750 |
| CLAREMONT | Dan Brady danbrady82@gmail.com C: 703.402.4503 |
| DISCOVERY | Shannon Dippold shannonmichele23@gmail.com 732.684.7183 |
| DR. CHARLES R. DREW | Melissa Thierry melissathierry@outlook.com 214.674.0023Joe Thierry josephnthierry@gmail.com 703.568.5158 |
| ALICE WEST FLEET | Jenn Seiff jseiff@gmail.com 202.441.5082 |
| GLEBE | Monica Aquino-Thieman aquino.thieman@gmail.com C: 202.210.1929 |
| HOFFMAN BOSTON | Mungunzaya Coughlin* (Fluent in Mongolian)* ms_044@yahoo.com C: 703.231.2842 |
| JAMESTOWN | Alison Cassels amb720@aol.com H: 703.300.9149 |
| Keith Chanon keithchanon@yahoo.com |
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| Leslie Goodman*(Fluent in Spanish)* charlieandleslie@gmail.com GoodmanLN@state.gov C: 305.586.0418 |
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| KEY | Martha Madrid rozada_madrid@yahoo.com C: 703.283.0963 |
| LONG BRANCH | Clarette Yen clarette@gmail.com |
| MCKINLEY | Cristina Camacho-Yacobucci* (Fluent in Spanish,French)* cristinaecamacho@gmail.com |
| Kathleen Clark clark_kathleen@verizon.net 703.407.8498 |
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| Melissa Craig Melissa_Craig@uhc.com 202.725.8447 |
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| Jennifer Myers jencmyers@gmail.com 202.286.1680 |
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| Midori Rome midorihargrave@gmail.com |
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| MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOL OF ARLINGTON | Hannah Grieco Hannah.grieco@gmail.com C: 908.956.2336 |
| Kia Haynes khaynes74@gmail.com 202.247.7253 |
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| NOTTINGHAM | Janet Pence janetpence@comcast.net |
| OAKRIDGE | |
| RANDOLPH | Cherie Fowler cherieaf@yahoo.com 386.283.3572 |
| David Siu davidcsiu@gmail.com |
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| TAYLOR | Danielle Bastarache daniellebastarache@hotmail.com C:703. 919.2629 |
| TUCKAHOE | Jenny Hommel jennymattingley@gmail.com |
| Kathryn Linehan Kathylizzy@gmail.com |
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| David Siu Davidcsiu@gmail.com |
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| MIDDLE SCHOOLS | |
| GUNSTON | Michelle Best mczero@yahoo.com C: 703.283.3877 |
| DOROTHY HAMM | Keri Cupples keri_cupples@hotmail.com C: 703.403.8248 |
| Maria Votsch mwvotsch@gmail.com C: 703.217.6227 |
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| THOMAS JEFFERSON | Melody Kisor melodykisor@gmail.com |
| KENMORE | Jill Buzby jillbuzby@aol.com H: 703.527.6013 |
| SWANSON | Tim Evans timothy.j.evans1@gmail.com C: 571.334.4777 |
| Christina Hyatt christina.hyatt@gmail.com |
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| WILLIAMSBURG | Melissa McCoy mellarae@gmail.com |
| SECONDARY PROGRAMS (6th – 12th Grade) | |
| CAREER CENTER/ARLINGTON TECH | Sheryl Stein wrekehavoc@gmail.com |
| Sharon White SharonGWhite@gmail.com 703.307.6091 |
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| HB WOODLAWN | Nick Walkosak walkosak@gmail.com C: 703.772.7628 |
| LANGSTON | Vacancy |
| Eunice Kennedy SHRIVER PROGRAM | Caroline Levy gracelevy@gmail.com C: 703.447.6616 |
| Janet M. Sater jsater@ida.org H: 703.892.5620 |
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| NEW DIRECTIONS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM | Vacancy |
| HIGH SCHOOLS | |
| ARLINGTON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL | Doris Salazar dlumana7@gmail.com 703.980-3541 |
| WAKEFIELD | Maria Callier cecile0422@gmail.com C: 703.715.7787 |
| Juliet Hiznay Juliet@jdhiznay.com |
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| Melody Kisor melodykisor@gmail.com |
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| Theresa Waddell theresa.waddell@gmail.com C: 703.801.7594 |
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| WASHINGTON-LIBERTY | Jill Buzby jillbuzby@aol.com H: 703.527.6013 |
| YORKTOWN | Michelle Best mczero@yahoo.com C: 703.283.3877 |
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.
