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     Jackie Ward - Executive Director
     Bryan Carey - Dean of Students
     Jeff Zupetz - Dean of Students
     Christi Sickel - Assistant Director of Special Education
     Christa Clark - Special Ed Coordinator
     Hannah Helander - Special Ed Coordinator
     Amanda Slattery - Special Ed Coordinator
     Tina Fredrickson - Assistant Special Ed Director
     Chris Hautala - Coordinator of Early Intervening Services
     Melissa Maki - Assistant to the Executive Director
     Candace Nelis - Business Manager
     Shelly Moe - HR Specialist/Payroll
     Dano Hess - Intervention Specialist
     Katie Alto - Third Party Billing Coordinator
     Dru Donato - Student & Family Advocate
     Tina Johnson - MARSS Coordinator
     Rachel Larson - NLC Secretary
Psychologists
     Dana Davis
     Grant Sparstad
     David Kocisko
     Dawn Roppe
     Linda Swanson
     Nicole Ties
     Maggie West
Early Childhood Special Education
     Ronda Bernard
     Kelsey Borchert
     Shelby Corey-Semo
     Kayla Evans
     Wendy Jordan
     Laura Gregorich
     Elizabeth Oberstar
     Lindsay Rones
     Eliina Sandstrom
     Jessica Thayer
     Samanthla Tviet
Elementary Focus Teachers
     Melinda Asuma
     Michelle Hoffman Robinson
     Haley Bloomquist
     Erik Dinsmore
     Laurel Lind
     Sophia Magnuson
     Amanda Murfin
     Cassie Schick
Mid-Level Focus
     Jenna Holtorf
Secondary Focus Teachers
     Alyssa Blake
     Aaron Nielsen
     Eric Larson
     Khoriana Vaerconum
ALC Teachers
     Julie Fearing
     Dennis Gauthier
     Rachel Brophy
     Cynthia Parsons
Itinerant Staff
     Kathleen Baxter - Achievement Assessor
     Deborah Filander - Achievement Assessor
     Amy Raboin - Achievement Assessor
     Jamie Shermer - Achievement Assessor
     Desiree Tomczak - Achievement Assessor
     Kelsey Rye - Achievement Assessor
     Shawn Aase - Due Process Facilitator
     Susan Ostman - Due Process Facilitator
     Paul Schwab - DAPE
     Mikayla Chromy - Deaf and Hard of Hearing
     Janeen Kleffman - Deaf and Hard of Hearing
     Amanda Claesson - Occupational Therapist
     Katie Feldt - Occupational Therapist
     Angela Finseth - Occupational Therapist
     Angela Kramer - Occupational Therapist
     Katie Thelen - Occupational Therapist
     Melanie Weber - Physical Therapist
     Rachel Eisenhuth - Physical Therapist
     Kelsey Everson, Physical Therapist
     Annika Lein - Speech & Language Pathologist
     Tally Litherland - Speech and Language Pathologist
     Carrie Victor - Speech & Language Pathologist
     Haley Chopp - Teacher of Blind/Visually Impaired
     Kathleen Fischer - Vision
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     Stacie Baribeau
     Tyler Voight
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