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Administration
Director/Superintendent	Ralph Carrero Certified: Superintendent/Assistant Superintendant, All Levels, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 31 Years at LFDCS: 13
Assistant Superintendent	Judith Marley Certified: Superintendent/Assistant Superintendant, All Levels, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Doctorate degree: Y Years in education: 35 Years at LFDCS: 7
Principal	Susan Earabino Certified: Principal/Assistant Principal All Levels, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Doctorate degree: Y Years in education: 24 Years at LFDCS: 5
Head of the Upper School	Jennifer Barnhill Certified: 1-6, Principal/Assistant Principal PreK-8, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 11 Years at LFDCS: 11
Head of Lower School/ELL Cordinator	Hali Castleman Certified: Principal/Asst. Principal PreK-6; Supervisor/Director Non-Core, K-6; ESL PreK-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 9 Years at LFDCS: 9
Head of Academy for Early Academic Preparation	Erica Crescenzo Certified: EEC PreK-3; ESL PreK-6; Principal/Assistant Principal (PreK-6); SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 14 Years at LFDCS: 14
Special Education Director	Anita McDowell Certified: Special Education Administrator (all levels); ESL PreK-12; English 5-12; Moderate Disabiiteis (PreK-12); SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in Education: 33 Years at LFDCS: 1
RTI & Assessment Coordinator	Nicole Arpin Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 9 Years at LFDCS: 9
Teacher Coach	Nicole Romano Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 8 Years LFDCS: 1
STEM Coordinator	George Masterson Certified: Physics 8-12; General Science 5-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years in education: 19 Years at LFDCS: 5
Enrichment Coordinator	Sacha Lu
Director of Nutritional Services	Justin Hodgkins
Director of Program Development (LFD, Inc.)	Paul Heithaus
Technology Coordinator (LFD, Inc.)	Tony Schumann
Director of Finance (LFD, Inc.)	Susan Perry
Human Resources Director (LFD, Inc.)	Scott Flagg
Maintenance Supervisor (LFD, Inc.)	Luis Nigaglioni
Digital Instructor	Anna Yuen
Admin. Support
Admin. Assistant (Director/Superintendent) (LFD, Inc.)	Susan Lyons
School Data/Operations Manager	Debra Horwath
Parent Liaison	Yulissa Rodriguez
Part Time Payroll Accountant (LFD, Inc.)	Elizabeth Guilbeault
AP & Procurement Officer (LFD, Inc.)	Kathleen Moriconi
Receptionists
Academy (K-1, K-2, Gr. 1)	Adiaris Aponte
Upper School (Grds 5-8)	Sandra Gonzalez
Lower School (Grds 2-4)	Yesenia Suazo
Specialists
Music Teacher	Jeff Bianchine Certified: Music Vocal/Instrumental/General (All levels); SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 3 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Art Teacher	Michelle Barrett Certified: Visual Art PreK-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 3 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Secondary School Coordinator	Shawna Cruz
Secondary School Coordinator	Christine Easton
Computer Literacy Specia	Rosemary McCullough-Ghali Certified: SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years at LFDCS: 3
Paraprofessional (2-4)	Tina Pelletier
Paraprofessional (5-8)	Lourdes Melendez
Paraprofessional (5-8)	Trevia Tate
ESL
ESL Teacher	Elaine Fuller Certified: ESL PreK-6; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 14 Years teaching at LFDCS: 14 Highly qualified: Y
ESL Teacher	Bonnie Michal Certified: ESL PreK-3; ECE PreK-3; Music Vocal/Instrumental Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 10+ Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
ESL Teacher	Stephanie Jimenez Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: N Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 71 Highly qualified: Y
ESL Teacher	Kristen Quinney Certified: ESL PreK-6; ECE PreK-2; Mod. Dis. PreK-8; SEI endorsed Bachelors degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 9 Years teaching at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualifed: Y
ESL Teacher	Dorothy Gorrie Certified: ESL PreK-6; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 6 Years teaching at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Y
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Math
Teacher	Gopika Luthra Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
ELL/ELA
Teacher	Elizabeth Lupa Certified: Reading; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 11 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
Special Education
Teacher	Victoria Ryan Certified: Moderate Disabilities PreK-8; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Teacher	Emma Adams Certified: Moderate Disabilities PreK-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Teacher	Kristen Fletcher Certified: Moderate Disabiliteis PreK-8; 1-6; Principal/Assistant Principal PreK-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 13 Years teaching at LFDCS: 9 Highly qualified: Y
Teacher	Philip Baun Certified: Moderate Disabilities PreK-8; SEI endorsed Bachelors degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 10+ Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Teacher	Meaghan Sisson Certified: Moderate Disabilities PreK-8; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years at LFDCS: 9 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional	Michelle Martignetti
Paraprofessional	Alexa Emma^MC
Physical Education
Teacher	Kelly Simard Certified: Physical Education PreK-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
Teacher	Dave Merry Certified: Physical Education PreK-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 14 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional	Elizabeth Lanaville
Paraprofessional	Jhansel Mejia
School Nurses
School Nurse (Upper School)	Janetsy Rodriguez, RN Certified: RN Associates degree: Y Years as a Nurse: 4 Years at LFDCS: 3
School Nurse (Academy)	Flabia Araujo, RN Certified: RN Associates degree: Y Years as a Nurse: 7 Years at LFDCS: 3
School Nurse (Lower School)	Elizabeth Ramos, CMA Certified: CMA Years as a Medical Assistant: 3 Years at LFDCS: 2
Lunch Staff
Nutritional Aide	Fiordaliza Cruz
Nutritional Aide	Dominga Morel Perez
Nutritional Aide	Sixta Villa
Nutritional Aide	Felix Ortiz
Nutritional Aide	Ana Fabian
Nutritional Aide	Rosanna Mejia
Nutrtional Aide	Julian Paulino
K-1 Program
K-1 Teacher	Brooke Reeve Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 3 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
K-1 Teacher	Alyssa Duffy Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 5 Years teaching at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Y
K-1 Teacher	Debbie Orlando Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 6 Years teaching at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Y
K-1 Teacher	Jessica Sullivan Certified: ECE PreK-2, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 11 Years teaching at LFDCS: 11 Highly qualified: Y
K-1 Teacher	Stephanie Torigian Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 3 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
K-1 Teacher (Lawrence Family Public Academy)	Lisana Alexander Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 16 Years teaching at LFDCS: 16 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional	Marta Rentas*
Paraprofessional	Sara Gibbons^MC
Paraprofessional	Taylor McNeil^MC
Paraprofessional	Jessica Molina
Paraprofessional	Sarah Laporte^MC
K-2 Program
K-2 Teacher	Allison Blount Certified: ECE PreK-3; SEI endorsed Bachelor's' degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 10 Years teaching at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Y
K-2 Teacher	Randa Griffin^MC Certified: ECE PreK-2, SEI endoresed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
K-2 Teacher	[slide=Meaghan St. Jean^MC\| Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
K-2 Teacher	Colleen Saia Certfied: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
K-2 Teacher (Lawrence Family Public Academy)	Jacqueline McCord Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 15 Years teaching at LFDCS: 11 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional
Grade 1 Teacher	Michelle Goldberg Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 7 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 1 Teacher	Amanda Allard Certified: ECE PreK-2 Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 1 Teacher	Erin Wholley Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 1 Teacher	Erin St. Jean^MC Certified: ECE PreK-2; 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 3 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional	Priya Shrivastava
Lower School
Grade 2 Teacher	Kristen Caramanica Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 2 Teacher	Andreina Croes^MC Certified: ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 2 Teacher	Christine Sullivan Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified:
Grade 2 Teacher	Erika Witham Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 6 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 3 Teacher	Chloe Kealey Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 5 Years teaching at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 3 Teacher	Kimberly Stearns Certified: 1-6 Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 3 Teacher	Nicole Maillet^MC Certified: 1-6; ECE PreK-2; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 3 Teacher	Michelle Pickles Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 10 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 4 Teacher	Chelsea King Certified: 1-6, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 4 Teacher	{slide=Shannon Regan} Certified: 1-6; Reading (All levels); SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 6 Years teaching at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 4 Teacher	Maura Merrill Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 4 Teacher	Kathryn Dunlevy Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Paraprofessional (Floating)	Brianna Ryan
Paraprofessional (Floating)	Kiara Perez
Spanish
K-1 (Long Term Substitute)	Belkys Sosa*
K-2/Grade 1	Miryam Hernandez-Cote Certified: Spanish Pre-K-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 13 Years teaching at LFDCS: 13 Highly qualified: Y
Grades 2,3 & 4	Haydee Cuadrado Certified: 1-6; ESL (PreK-6); Foreign Language (Spanish) (PreK-6), TBE; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 16 Years teaching at LFDCS: 6 Highly qualified: Y
Upper School
Grade 5 Teacher	Courtney Brander Certified: English 5-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 11 Years teaching at LFDCS: 10 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 5 Teacher	Victoria Rapsis Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching 5 Years teaching at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 5 Teacher	{slide-Heather Hastbacka} Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 4 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 5 Teacher	Andrea LaPointe Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 6 Teacher	Nicole Bradley Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 6 Teacher	Kaitlyn Foss Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 8 Years teaching at LFDCS: 8 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 6 Teacher	Laurie Medrek Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 20 Years teaching at LFDCS: 11 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 6 Teacher	Megan Medina^MC Certified: 1-6, Moderate Disabilities PreK-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 8 Years teaching at LFDCS: 8 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 5/6 Science	Kimberly Santagati Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 16 Years teaching at LFDCS: 15 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 7 ELA	Michael Mruk Certified: English 5-12, SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching:2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 7 Math	Jill Moorman Certified: Mathematics 5-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 6 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualfiied: Y
Grade 7 Science	Danielle Johnson Certified: 1-6; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 2 Years teaching at LFDCS: 2 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 7 Social Studies	Niki Briani-Karipis Certified: History 5-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 12 Years teaching at LFDCS: 12 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 8 ELA	Amy Zimmerman Certified: English 5-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 4 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 8 Math	Sudha Dharmaraj Certified: Math 5-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 18 Years teaching at LFDCS: 18 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 8 Science	Nathan McWayne Certified: General Science 5-8; Earth Science 5-8; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 7 Years teaching at LFDCS: 3 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 8 Social Studies	Conor Morey-Barrett Certified: History 5-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 1 Years teaching at LFDCS: 1 Highly qualified: Y
Spanish
Grade 5/6 (Long Term Substitute)	Belkys Sosa*
Grade 7	Maytee Rivera Certified: Spanish 5-12; SEI endorsed Master's degree: Y Bachelor's degree: Y Years teaching: 5 Years teaching at LFDCS: 5 Highly qualified: Y
Grade 8	Tomasa Cruz Certified: Spanish 5-12; SEI endorsed Bachelor's degree: Y Master's degree: Y Years teaching: 10 Years at LFDCS: 21 Highly qualified: Y
	* = maternity leave, FMLA or vacancy until filled - LFDCS pays its paraprofessionals an honorarium to serve as long-term substitute for teacher positions who are on maternity leave, FMLA or for a vacancy until filled. This honorarium recognizes services such as lesson planning which are outside of a paraprofessional's duties. ^{MC_{Merrimack College fellow or former Merrimack College fellow or intern hired by LFDCS}}

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