School Directory
General Support
| Front Office | 816-268-5660 |
| Apple Bus Company | 816-252-8800 |
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Homeless Coordinator: Cat Cain
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816-612-8625
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Food Services Point of Contact: Sam Preston
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816-832-1883
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Enrollment Point of Contact: Deronne Wilson
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816-832-1921
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Athletics Point of Contact: Kristin Crites
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816-673-5713
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Special Education, Speech, OT Services Coordinator: Angela Lupton
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816-237-8767
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Foster Care Point of Contact: Cat Cain
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816-612-8625
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Family Liaison and ELL Program Manager: Daniel Velazquez
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816-604-0762
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Title IX Coordinator: Katie Pasniewski
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816-612-8539
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2021-2022 School Year Staff
5th and 6th Grade School
| Name | Title | Cohorts | Phone Number | |
| Amy Rosenwald | Principal | N/A | 816-281-6833 | arosenwald@ |
| Richard Abram II | Dean of Students | N/A | 816-508-8959 | rabram@ |
| Gordon Brown | Dean Room Monitor | N/A | 816-832-1917 | gbrown@ |
| London Koehn | Dean of Instruction (5-8) | N/A |
785-865-6896
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lkoehn@
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| Georgina Leslie | Dean of Instruction (5-8) | N/A | 816-533-2727 | gleslie@ |
| Kathleen Barbosa | Dean of Instruction (5-8) | N/A | 816-244-0448 | kbarbosa@ |
| Titilayo Adelusola | 6th Grade Math Teacher | Queensland, Georgetown | 816-226-8639 | tadelusola@ |
| Sebastian Barraza-Shackelford | 6th Grade Science Teacher | Rochester, Queensland, Missouri State, Georgetown | 682-558-0970 | sbarraza@ |
| Sydney Bass | 6th Grade Math Teacher | USC, Lycoming, UT, NCAT | 913-703-3905 | sbass@ |
| Sergio Bibriescas | 5th Grade Fitness Teacher | TSU, Duke, K-State, Alcorn, State, Fayetteville | 831-673-6802 | sbibriescas@ |
| Gerry Bolden | 6th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Rochester, MSU | 913-334-7363 | gbolden@ |
| Gabby Boss | 5th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | Duke, Salem, St. Olaf | 608-228-7245 | gboss@ |
| Katie Chaffin | 5th Grade Math Teacher | Duke, Fayetteville | 816-533-7986 | kchaffin@ |
| Sarah Cooper | 5th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | TSU, Fayetteville, SMU | 913-735-3763 | scooper@ |
| Michaela Creer | 5th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Salem, SMU | 816-388-0415 | mcreer@ |
| Ariel D'Errico | 5th Grade Math Teacher | 816-591-6624 | alehr@ | |
| Hannah Donaldson | 5th Grade Math Teacher | St. Olaf, TSU | 913-703-4096 | hdonaldson@ |
| Cassidy Elwell | 5th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | Duke, Salem, St. Olaf | 816-514-0092 | celwell@ |
| Debra (Jules) Fox | Learning Support Specialist | N/A | 816-786-6204 | dfox@ |
| Ben Gipson | 6th Grade Math Teacher | Georgetown, MSU, Queensland, Rochester | 501-944-5037 | bgipson@ |
| Mae Jones | 6th Grade Math Teacher | USC, UT | 816-301-7366 | mjones@ |
| Linda Kovac | 5th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Fayetteville, Duke | 816-701-9449 | lkovac@ |
| Kenzie Leblanc | 6th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | UT, USC, Lycoming, NCAT | 913-346-1678 | mleblanc@ |
| Alysia Lee | 6th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | USC, UT | 913-717-7974 | alee@ |
| Kameron Manning | 5th and 7th Grade Science Teacher | SMU, Duke, FAMU, Memphis | 770-378-0736 | kmanning@ |
| Amber Merola | 6th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | Georgetown, MSU, Queensland, Rochester | 412-818-4639 | amerola@ |
| Martina Pezzino | 6th Grade Music Teacher | All 5th Cohorts | 816-656-7269 | mpezzino@ |
| Tierney Porter | 6th Grade Fitness Teacher | All 6th Cohorts | 913-608-4153 | tporter@ |
| Emily Randall | 6th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | UT, USC, Lycoming, NCAT | 816-701-9195 | emrandall@ |
| Taylor Sidles | 6th Grade Computer Literacy Teacher | All 6th Cohorts | 816-200-2391 | tsidles@ |
| Margo Sinclair | 5th Grade Science Teacher | Fayetteville, Salem, TSU, St. Olaf | 816-673-3613 | msinclair@ |
| Ashleigh Slover | 5th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | St. Olaf, TSU | 816-226-8183 | aslover@ |
| Maya Smith | 6th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Georgetown, Queensland | 402-445-0429 | msmith@ |
| Cydney Snyder | 5th Grade Math Teacher | SMU, Salem | 816-673-3607 | csnyder@ |
| Simone Wells | 6th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | NCAT, Lycoming | 816-607-4786 | swells@ |
| Chelsea Whittle | 6th Grade Math Teacher | Rochester, MSU | 816-673-3261 | cwhittle@ |
7th/8th Grade School
| Name | Title | Cohorts | Phone Number | |
| Lindsey Woods | Principal | N/A | 816-612-8608 | lwoods@ |
| Natosha Landrum | Dean of Students | N/A | nlandrum@ | |
| Byron Ashford | Dean Room Monitor | N/A | 816-490-1759 | bashford@ |
| Shelli Carman-Brown | Dean of Instruction (5-8) | N/A | 816-559-1607 | sbrown@ |
| Carolyn Gatewood | Dean of Instruction (5-8) |
N/A
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913-526-7447 | cgatewood@ |
| Chloie Benton | 7th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Drake, Alcorn State | 816-673-3395 | cbenton@ |
| Robyn Blakemore | 7th Grade Math Teacher | FAMU, Memphis | 816-701-9096 | rblakemore@ |
| Halley Brooks | 7th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | Alcorn State, FAMU, Memphis, Drake | 901-515-6448 | hbrooks@ |
| Bailey Cooper | 8th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Winston Salem, K-State | 816-237-8347 | basmith@ |
| Micah Daniels | 8th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Langston, Northwestern | 816-562-5610 | mdaniels@ |
| Tiara Floyd | 7th Grade Math Teacher | Drake, Alcorn State | 785-380-9445 | tfloyd@ |
| Michelle Hay | Learning Support Specialist | N/A | 816-607-4936 | mhay@ |
| Robert Henderson III | 8th Grade Fitness Teacher | All 8th Grade Cohorts | 312-909-2050 | rhenderson@ |
| Isha Isme | 7th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Wichita, Bowie State | 816-298-3411 | iisme@ |
| Sheena Jenkins | Learning Support Specialist | N/A | 785-865-6852 | sjenkins@ |
| Kameron Manning | 5th and 7th Grade Science Teacher | SMU, Duke, FAMU, Memphis | 770-378-0736 | kmanning@ |
| Edward Morse | 7th Grade Fitness Teacher | All 7th Grade Cohorts | 816-920-1000 | emorse@ |
| Allissa Patton | 8th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Fisk, LSU | 816-718-2113 | apatton@ |
| Skyelar Perkins | 8th Grade Math Teacher | KSU, Winston-Salem | 816-694-0285 | sperkins@ |
| Megan Porche | 8th Grade Math Teacher | Fisk, LSU | 360-870-5130 | mporche@ |
| Elisabeth Randall |
8th Grade Science Teacher
Department Chair - Science
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Northwestern, Langston | 816-343-8256 | erandall@ |
| Macey Rose | 7th Grade Math Teacher | 682-990-3803 | mrose@ | |
| Abby Schroeder | 7th Grade Math Teacher | Memphis, Wichita State, Bowie State | 816-301-7126 | aschroeder@ |
| Alice Sollitto | 7th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | K-State, Northwestern, Langston, Winston-Salem | 917-838-5667 | asollitto@ |
| Cody Snapp | 8th Grade Guided Reading Teacher | LSU, Fisk | 540-315-5459 | csnapp@ |
| Les Tilley | Learning Support Specialist | N/A | 816-834-9821 | ltilley@ |
| Jacqueline Tuggle | Learning Support Specialist | N/A | 816-656-8032 | jtuggle@ |
| Jasmine Washington | 7th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | Bowie State, Memphis, Wichita State | 785-317-6880 | jwashington@ |
| Kourtney Williams | 7th Grade Textual Analysis Teacher | FAMU, Memphis | 816-812-4275 | kwilliams@ |
| Peyton Wydick | 8th Grade Science Teacher | K-State, Fisk, Winston-Salem, LSU | 918-280-9301 | pwydick@ |
| Phillip Ximinies | 7th Grade Science Teacher | Bowie State, Wichita State, Drake, Alcorn State | 954-654-9805 | pximinies@ |
| Jon Zamsky | 8th Grade Math Teacher | Northwestern, Langston | 484-343-0116 | jzamsky@ |
High School
| Name | Title | Phone Number | Email |
| Ben Carman-Brown | Principal | 585-301-3269 | bcarman@ |
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Nita Daniels
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Senior Dean of Students
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816-912-8900 | ndaniels@ |
| Jamon Finley |
Dean of Instruction
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816-832-7710 | jfinley@ |
| Annie Murphy | Dean of Instruction | 913-526-4627 | amurphy@ |
| Alecia Tumpap | Dean of Instruction | 808-281-3622 | atumpap@ |
| Tiffany Segers | Director of College Access and Success | 314-706-2031 | tsegers@ |
| Ellen Clayton | College Persistence Counselor | 816-623-2634 | eclayton@ |
| Wendy Miya | College Persistence Counselor | 816-490-1056 | wmiya@ |
| Dr. Amber Hurd | College Counselor | 314-295-8300 | ahurd@ |
| Henry Munk | College Counselor | 847-363-0292 | hmunk@ |
| Arlette Acosta | 9th Grade Spanish I Teacher | 314-399-9662 | aacosta@ |
| Emma Allen | 11th Grade AP Seminar | 407-618-3557 | eallen@ |
| Bess Bailey | 12th Grade AP Research Teacher | 816-343-8487 | bbailey@ |
| Matt Beltrami | 9th Grade Pre-AP World History Teacher | 816-200-1468 | mbeltrami@ |
| Breanna Comley | 12th Grade AP Literature Teacher | 601-207-0262 | bcomley@ |
| Joe Conaghan | 12th Grade College Algebra Teacher | 913-744-0939 | jconaghan@ |
| Elizabeth Davis | 11th Grade AP US History and 11th Grade AP Language & Composition Teacher | 816-797-5981 | edavis@ |
| Emma Desmarteau | 10th Grade Pre-AP Language & Composition Teacher | 785-969-7096 | edesmarteau@ |
| Sam Dowd | 10th Grade Pre-AP Language & Composition Teacher |
615-879-0829
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sdowd@
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| Tim Ellis | 10th Grade Chemistry Teacher |
262-893-0269
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tellis@
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| Ellen Frierson |
11th Grade AP Language & Composition Teacher
Department Chair - Humanities
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434-989-4395
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efrierson@
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| Megan Gertzen | 9th Grade Honors Biology Teacher | 913-687-3618 | mgertzen@ |
| Angela Gipson | 12th Grade AP Biology Teacher | 913-961-5126 | agipson@ |
| Abigail Green |
10th Grade Pre-AP Language & Composition Teacher
Department Chair - English
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913-481-7119 | agreen@ |
| Emiliano Gross | 10th Grade Spanish II Teacher | 913-735-5057 | egross@ |
| Carley Henke | 11th Grade AP Chemistry Teacher | 816-701-9442 | chenke@ |
| Teresa Johnson | Learning Support Specialist | 717-798-2656 | tjohnson@ |
| Jen Kean | Learning Support Specialist | 816-673-3137 | jkean@ |
| Maria Kennedy |
11th Grade AP US History Teacher
Department Chair - History
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816-673-3034 | mkennedy@ |
| Melissa Lam |
10th Grade ACT Math
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347-476-1270 | mlam@ |
| Kalilah Lasenby |
9th Grade Honors Algebra I Teacher
Department Chair - Math
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816-457-3713 | klasenby@ |
| Marcus Liddell | 11th Grade Pre-AP Calculus Teacher and Computer Science Teacher | 816-832-2478 | mliddell@ |
| Grace Nikunen | 10th Grade AP World History Teacher | 206-465-4960 | gnikunen@ |
| Trevor Obermueller | Learning Support Specialist | 402-937-5011 | tobermueller@ |
| Alicyn Otoshi | 9th Grade Honors Algebra I | 408-221-2702 | aotoshi@ |
| Kasey Spencer | Health and Fitness Teacher | 816-408-0107 | kspencer@ |
| Julian Vizitei | 12th AP Government / Personal Finance Teacher | 573-489-1662 | jvizitei@ |
| Robert Warton | 12th AP Calculus AB Teacher | 816-490-7987 | dwarton@ |
| Natasha Waschek | 9th Grade Honors English I Teacher | 623-236-6189 | nwaschek@ |
| Erin Weber | 9th Grade Honors Algebra I Teacher | 816-533-5205 | eweber@ |
| Lyndsay Yates | 9th Grade Honors English I Teacher | 816-343-8436 | lyyates@ |
| Jason Zimmerman | 10th Grade Honors Geometry Teacher | 816-281-8464 | jzimmerman@ |
Network Team
| Name | Title | Phone Number | Email |
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Cat Cain
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Operations Manager
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816-604-7920 | ccain@ |
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Erynn Campbell
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Human Resources Specialist
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816-612-8540 | ecampbell@ |
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Kristin Crites
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Director of Athletics and Activities
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816-673-5713 | kcrites@ |
| Emma Doksansky | Operations | 816-226-6830 | edoksansky@ |
| Elizabeth Edmonds | Data Specialist | 816-268-5660 | eedmonds@ |
| Isaac Freeman | Network Team Leader | 405-301-4720 | ifreeman@ |
| Stephanie Gounder | Chief Academic Officer | 281-740-2950 | sgounder@ |
| Kevin Hill | Social Worker | 816-490-1159 | khill@ |
| Bailee Hudson | Operations Specialist | 816-514-0982 | bhudson@ |
| Abigail Huff | Social Worker | 816-832-1781 | ahuff@ |
| Jerrad Jones | Director of Finance | 816-612-8505 | jjones@ |
| Hannah Lofthus | Chief Executive Officer | 816-268-5662 | hlofthus@ |
| Angela Lupton | Manager of Special Education | 816-237-8767 | alupton@ |
| Jay Marshall | Information Technology Coordinator | 816-304-1498 | jmarshall@ |
| Emily Martin | Social Worker | 816-490-2282 | emartin@ |
| Tylice Merritt | Office Coordinator | 816-268-5660 | tmerritt@ |
| Bailey Page | Operations Manager | 816-612-8519 | bpage@ |
| Katie Pasniewski | Chief Operating Officer | 816-612-8539 | kpasniewski@ |
| Sam Preston | Operations Specialist | 816-832-1883 | spreston@ |
| Becky Quatrocky | School Nurse | 816-612-8607 | bquatrocky@ |
| Melissa Sprockel |
Talent Developer
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816-509-8488 | msprockel@ |
| Daniel Velazquez |
English Learner Program Manager,
Family & Community Liaison
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816-604-0762 | dvelazquez@ |
| Syreeta Washington | Office Coordinator | 816-457-3954 | swashington@ |
| Candace Wilson | Talent Recruiter | 816-912-8898 | cwilson@ |
| Deronne Wilson | Senior Operations Specialist | 816-832-1921 | dwilson@ |