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Special Education Services During School Closures
Kristin Swann
Chief of Special Education & Diverse Learners
Email: Kristin.Swann@rcsdk12.org
If you have questions related to Special Education services, please call 585-262-8220 for additional assistance.
Alternative Special Education Programs and External Education
Mark Ferraro
Home Instruction
Youth & Justice
BOCES, Agency, Charter, Private School special education
Mark.Ferraro@rcsdk12.org
Paul Holmes
BOCES, Agency, Charter, Private School special education
Paul.Holmes@rcsdk12.org
Abby Martino
BOCES, Agency, Charter, Private School special education
Abby.Martino@rcsdk12.org
Melinda Hyde
BOCES, Agency, Charter, Private School special education
Home Schooled by Parent Choice Special Education
Melinda.Hyde@rcsdk12.org
Directors of Special Education
Suzanne Bucci
Director of Special Education
Suzanne.Bucci@rcsdk12.org
Shannon D'Agostino
Director of Special Education
Shannon.D'Agostino@rcsdk12.org
Jaime Lustig
Director of Alternative Special Education Programs and External Education
Jaime.Lustig@rcsdk12.org
Stephanie Knapp
Director of Special Education
Stephanie.Knapp@rcsdk12.org
Kristina Mileham
Director of Special Education
Kristina.Mileham@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
Jean Calabrese
Jean.Calabrese@rcsdk12.org
Associate Directors of Special Education
DT Benedict
45 - Mary McLeod Bethune
54 - Flower City School
Donald.Benedict@rcsdk12.org
Kemouy Bhalai
28-Henry Hudson School
kemouy.bhalai@rcsdk12.org
Melody Bishop
8-Roberto Clemente School
46-Austin Steward School
Melodyl.bishop@rcsdk12.org
Megan Bonacci
New York State Alternative Assessment (NYSAA) Program
at Edison Career & Technology High School
Megan.Bonacci@rcsdk12.org
Joshua Boress
Andrew Langston Middle School
Loretta Johnson Middle School
Joshua.Boress@rcsdk12.org
Megan Brady-Onisk
5-John Williams School
Megan.Brady-Onisk@rcsdk12.org
Kerri Cannito
James Monroe High School
Kerri.Cannito@rcsdk12.org
Pamela Carlton-Ferris
Padilla High School
Pamela.Carlton-Ferris@rcsdk12.org
Alicia Coleates
35 - Pinnacle
12 - Anna Murray-Douglass Academy
Alicia.Coleates@rcsdk12.org
Kristi Curtin
25-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rochester Early College International High School
Kristi.Curtin@rcsdk12.org
Jennifer Feldman
Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School
Jennifer.Feldman@rcsdk12.org
Jason George
19 - Dr. Charles T. Lunsford
Jason.George@rcsdk12.org
Amanda Hanley
42- Abelard Reynolds
50- Helen Barrett Montgomery
Amanda.Hanley@RCSDK12.ORG
Sarah Lowry
East Upper School
East Lower School
Sarah.Lowry@RCSDK12.ORG
Abby Martino
23 - Francis Parker
53 - Montessori Academy at RCSD
Abby.Martino@RCSDK12.ORG
Kellie McNair
Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Commencement Academy
Kellie.McNair@rcsdk12.org
Megan Myers
22 - Abraham Lincoln School
34 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett
megan.myers@rcsdk12.org
Shannon Mullins
58-World of Inquiry School
Shannon.Mullins@rcsdk12.org
Marissa Nicholson
15-The Children's School of Rochester
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Marissa.Nicholson@rcsdk12.org
Susan Ogden
16-Dr. David & Ruth Anderson Academy School
susan.quinlanogden@rcsdk12.org
Adriana Rozestraten
33- Dr. Iris J. Banister School
adriana.rozestraten@rcsdk12.org
Carrie Varno
4-George Mather Forbes School
New York State Alternative Assessment (NYSAA) Program
Carrie.Varno@rcsdk12.org
Sarah Yasses
7-Virgil I Grissom School
52-Frank Fowler Dow School
sarah.yasses@rcsdk12.org
Lisa Benson
9-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School
17-Enrico Fermi School
School Without Walls