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Community Consolidated School District 15
District Office/Educational Service Center580 N. 1st Bank Drive
Palatine IL 60067-8110
Phone: 847-963-3000Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Lisa Beth Szczupaj, President
Frank J. Annerino, Vice President
Anthony Wang, Secretary
Samantha Bray Ader
Wenda Hunt
Zubair Khan
James TaylorSuperintendent's Office
Laurie Heinz, EdD
Superintendent of Schools
847-963-3205- Leads day-to-day operations in District 15
- Serves as educational advisor and liaison to the Board of Education
- Informs and engaging with the communities in which we serve
- Sets district direction through implementation of the Strategic Plan
- Monitors goals and outcomes set forth within the Strategic Plan
- Oversees Central Office leadership
Administrative Services
Claire Kowalczyk, EdD
Deputy Superintendent of Schools
847-963-3202- Serves as one of two District Complaint Managers
- Oversees Intra-District Transfers and helps oversee student enrollment and school-based functions
- Oversees Board of Education Policies and Revisions
- Coordinates District crisis and emergency management with local first responders
- Assists with oversight of Transportation and Nutrition Service Departments
Business & Auxiliary Services
Diana McCluskey
Chief School Business Official
847-963-3032- Responsible for oversight of Business and Auxiliary Services Department including Fiscal Services, Operations & Maintenance and Payroll
- Responsible for Budget Forecasting, Adoption and Management
- Oversees general and workers' compensation insurance
Anthony Fashoda
Director of Fiscal Services
847-963-3033Communications Department
Rebecca Latham
Chief Communications Officer
847-963-3204- Contact for all media questions and requests
- Coordinate all district publications and mass communication
- Promote goodwill through news releases, presentations, speeches, etc.
- Collaborates with District webmaster on District and staff web
Educational Services
Tom Edgar, PhD
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services
847-963-3106- Oversees specialized intervention supports for students
- Coordinates the academic and mental health screening of students
- Develops tools to assist schools with the use of student assessment information
- Manages the Academically Talented and Gifted Program
- Oversees Community Schools Program
- Consults with building administration on student discipline cases
- Title IX Coordinator
- Uniform Grievance Officer
- Oversees grants related to after-school programming
Laura Swanlund, PhD
Director of Comprehensive Mental Health & Related Services
847-963-3147Rachel Bland, EdD
Director of MTSS
847-963-3113Facilities & Operations
James Kaplanes
Director
847-963-3950- Oversees District Facilities and Assistant District of Facilities
- Coordinates with Construction Management and outside providers linked to school construction
- Maintenance of heating, electrical, and general physical structures (including roofs, exterior painting, and floors)
- Maintenance of lawns, playing fields, asphalt parking lots, driveways, and student play areas
Health Services
Karen Flor
Health Services Coordinator
847-963-3151 • Fax: 847-963-3145Corinne Jones
Health Services Coordinator
847-963-3044 • Fax: 847-963-3145- Allergy Awareness
- Care of Illness & Injury
- Communicable Disease Management
- Health & Wellness
- Medication Administration & Policy
- Required Health Exams and Immunization Recording
Human Resources
Lisa Nuss
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
847-963-3013- Recruiting, screening, and hiring all district employees
- Employee orientation
- Benefits administration
- Employee recognition
- Teacher certification
- Employee evaluation
- Board of Education policies
- Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements
- Official school calendar
- Workers' compensation
- Unemployment compensation
- Substitute teachers
- Staff development for classified employees
Shari Lazor, EdD
Director of Human Resources-Certified Staff
847-963-3015Andy Elbert
Director of Human Resources-Classified Staff
847-963-3020Multilingual Programs
Renee Urbanski
Assistant Superintendent of Multilingual Programs
847-963-3136- Meeting the needs of students whose native language is other than English
- Accelerating English language literacy while valuing each child's social and cultural knowledge
- Assessments
- Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (B-PAC)
- English Language Learner Program
- Junior High Foreign Language Program
- Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE)
- Transitional Program of Instruction (TPI)
Kari Keith
Director of Multilingual Programs
847-963-3112Jeffrey Tadelman
Director of Multilingual Programs
847-963-3203School Nutrition Services
Tina Woods
Director of School Nutrition Services
847-963-3929- Breakfast programs offered at many schools
- Lunch programs offered at all 20 schools
- Central kitchen
- Menus, a la carte
- Free and reduced-price meals
- Pay fees online
Student Services
Mindy McGuffin, EdD
Assistant Superintendent of Student Services
847-963-3149- Special education programs and services for disabled children
- IDEA Grants
- Supports for Homeless Students
- Supports for Foster Students
- Oversight of Conyers Learning Academy
- Exclusionary Discipline for students with IEPs
- Staff Development for special education
- Medicaid for Special Education Staff
- Equal education
- Student fees
- Student records
Tracey Wrobel
Director of Student Services
847-963-3152Teaching & Learning
Lori Lopez, PhD
Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning
847-963-3106- Development, implementation, instructional technology support, and assessment of instructional program
- Provide support to schools through service to buildings
- Curriculum development
- Instructional material development and adoptions
- Instructional strategies
- Instructional Coaching
- Staff development
- Title 1 & 2 Grants
- Junior High student math placement process
- Student grade acceleration and junior high academic enrichment programs
Emily McFadden, EdD
Director of Curriculum
847-963-3141Technology Services
MJ Warden
Chief Technology Officer
847-963-3144Dave Kuechenberg
Manager of Technology Services
847-963-3225Tim Woomert
Manager of Data Services
847-963-3055Gorman Christian
Manager of Information System Architect
847-963-3056Transportation Services
Tom Bramley
Director of Transportation Operations
847-963-3905- Bus transportation for students
- District-owned fleet
- Bus/Student safety