Mission – The Mission of the Department of Student Services is to provide comprehensive academic and social-emotional supports designed to ensure all students are prepared to succeed in a global economy.
Department of Student Services
(216) 371-7435
Student Services Coordinators/Service Providers by School Building
The Student Services Department is responsible for providing support services to students and their families. The following programs and personnel are part of student services: special education, school psychology, school social work which includes the school attendance program, nursing, speech/language services, Response to Intervention, school counseling, gifted and fine arts, and the expulsion/appeals process. Below is contact information and school assignments for district staff.
Name | Position | Location | Phone | Email |
| Karen Liddell-Anderson | Director of Student Services | Board of Education | (216) 320-2160 | [email protected] |
| Margaret Hall | Confidential Administrative Assistant | Board of Education | (216) 320-2154 | [email protected]
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Special Education Staff:
Name | Position | Location | Phone | Email |
Deborah Moore | Coordinator of Student Services (Non-public) | Board of Education | (216) 320-2002 | [email protected] |
Erin Hanna | Coordinator of Student Services Pre-K | Board of Education | (216) 320-2325 | [email protected] |
Paul Rusinko | Coordinator of Student Services (grades K-5) | Board of Education | (216) 320-2034 | [email protected] |
Lindsay Baar | Coordinator of Student Services (grades 6-12) | Board of Education | (216) 320-2189 | |
Jennifer Bennett
| Intervention Specialist
(Non-public)
| Board of Education | (216) 320-2054 | [email protected] |
| Charlene Rice | Staff Assistant | Board of Education | (216) 371-7435 | [email protected] |
LaShunda Anderson
 | Staff Assistant | Board of Education | (216) 320-2067 | [email protected] |
Ariana Best
 | Staff Assistant
| Board of Education
| (216) 320-2186
| [email protected] |
School Psychologists:
Name | Position | Location(s) | Phone | Email |
| Patricia Donovan | School Psychologist | Heights High | (216) 320-5018 | [email protected] |
| Deborah Finizia | School Psychologist | Canterbury | (216) 320-4722 | [email protected] |
| Michelle Cecconi | School Psychologist | Gearity/Separate Facilities | (216) 320-5027 | [email protected] |
| Kathleen Kotnik | School Psychologist | Preschool Gearity/Noble/Oxford | (216) 320-5031 | [email protected] |
| Olga Vaynberg | School Psychologist | Fairfax/Options | (216) 320-5028 | [email protected] |
| Joanne Berkovitz | School Psychologist | Rox El/Separate Facilities |
| [email protected] |
| Kari Santor | School Psychologist |
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| Christina Nordland | School Psychologist | Boulevard/ Non-Public | (216) 320-3650 | [email protected] |
| Elisheva Gantz Geller | School Psychologist | Noble/ Non-Public | (216) 371-6535 (Noble) | [email protected] |
| Stacy Weber | School Psychologist | Non-Public and Preschools | (216) 371-7171 | [email protected] |
| Marie (Toni) McGlathery | School Psychologist | Monticello/CHHS |
| [email protected] |
| Rokeishia Rodgers | School Psychologist | CHHS/Rox MS |
| [email protected] |
| Deb Finizia | School Psychologist | Canterbury/Non Public |
| [email protected] |
School Social Workers and AASAP Program:
Name | Position | Location(s) | Phone | Email |
| Wendy Burkey | School Social Worker | Noble/Oxford | (216) 320-5023 | [email protected] |
| Allison Craig | School Social Worker | Heights High-Gr. 9th/11th Cohorts | (216) 320-3017 | [email protected] |
| Kristin Dadas | School Social Worker | Heights High-Gr. 10th/12th Cohorts | (216) 320-3213 | [email protected] |
| Edie Fiala | School Social Worker | Fairfax/Oxford | (216) 320-2215 | [email protected] |
| Josephine Shelton-Townes | School Social Worker | Roxboro MS/Options | (216) 320-5035 | [email protected] |
| Caryl Yoo | School Social Worker | Boulevard/Rox El
| (216) 320-3081 | [email protected] |
School Nurses:
Speech/Language Pathologists:
Name | Position | Location(s) | Phone | Email |
| Amy Coleman | Speech/Language Pathologist | Fairfax/Boulevard | (216) 320-5022 | [email protected] |
| Amanda Mazzone | Speech/Language Pathologist | Itinerant | (216) 320-5019 | [email protected] |
| Taniesha Jackson | Speech/Language Pathologist | Oxford/Rox El | (216) 371-6525 (Oxford) (216) 371-7115 (Rox El) | [email protected] |
| Marcia Dawson | Speech/Language Pathologist | Roxboro Middle School/Heights High | (216) 371-7440 (Rox Mid) (216) 320-5017 | [email protected] |
| Kathryn Sonderman | Speech/Language Pathologist | Preschool
| (216) 371-6515 | [email protected] |
| Carly Stern | Speech/Language Pathologist | Canterbury/Monticello | (216) 320-4708 | [email protected] |
| Katheryn Perse | Speech/Language Pathologist | Gearity/Rox El | (216) 320-3267 | [email protected] |
Related Service Providers:
Adaptive PE:
| Name | Position
| Location(s) | Phone | Email |
Fiona Connor
| Physical Education
| Boulevard/Gearity/Noble/Rox El/Monti/Rox Mid/Preschool |
| [email protected] |
| Karen Blair | Physical Education | Canterbury/Fairfax/Oxford/CHHS |
| [email protected] |
Gifted & Fine Arts:
Name | Position | Location(s) | Phone | Email |
| Toia Robinson | Coordinator of Educational Services | Board of Education | (216) 320-2182 | [email protected] |
Expulsion & Appeals:
Name | Position | Location | Phone | Email |
Reginald Williams, Esq. | Impartial Hearing Officer | Board of Education | (216) 320-2070 | [email protected] |