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Special Education Department Information
Phone	(781) 477-7220
Address	112 Market Street, 3rd floor, Lynn, MA 01901

Special Education Department Personnel

Administrator of Special Education
Christina Colella Ed.D.	(781) 477-7220 x3186

Secretary for the Administrator
Rupali Meimeteas	(781) 477-7220 x3329

Deputy Administrator
Jessica McLaughlin	(781) 477-7220 x3337
Assigned Schools	- Classical High  School - Drewicz Elementary  - Ingalls Elementary - Washington STEM

Assistant Directors of Special Education
Jacqueline Trayers	(781) 477-7220 x3335
District Focus	- PreK (Early Childhood Testing at Market Street)  - TEAMS Programs
Assigned Schools	- Early Childhood Center at Bessom - Early Childhood Center at Bennett

Stacey Pena	(781) 477-7220 x3345
District Focus	- Move-In (For Students with Current IEPs)  - Private School and Homeschool Liaison  - In-District Placements (For Students with IEPs)
Assigned Schools	- Aborn Elementary  - Breed Middle  School - Cobbett Elementary  - Ford Elementary  - Harrington Elementary - Lincoln-Thompson Elementary  - Lynn Woods Elementary  - Marshall Middle School - Pickering Middle School

Omy McDonald	(781) 477-7220 x3386
District Focus	- Life Skills Program (High School)  - SPED Data
Assigned Schools	- Brickett Elementary  - Connery Elementary  - Lynn English High School  - Tracy Elementary

Kirsten Baleno	(781) 477-7220 x3187
District Focus	- SEL (Social-Emotional) Programs   - TASC (Callahan)  - STAR (Marshall)  - BASE (Breed)
Assigned Schools	- Callahan Elementary  - Fallon Elementary  - Fecteau-Leary High - Sewell-Anderson Elementary

Cara Conlon	(781) 477-7450 x3188
District Focus	-COACh Program
Assigned Schools	- Lynn Woods - Hood Elementary  - Pickering Middle -Shoemaker Elementary  - Sisson Elementary

Lisa Samora	(781) 477-7220 x 3334
District Focus	Outside (Out of District) Placements

Laura Spathanas	(781) 477-7220 x3361
District Focus	Outside (Out of District) Placements

Manager of Family, Community and Paraprofessional Support
Anny Feliz	(781) 477-7220 x3336
District Focus	Special Education Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

Transition Specialists
James McDonald	(781) 477-7220 x3191
District Focus	Secondary Transition
Assigned Schools	- Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy

Jennifer Northrop	(781) 477-7220 x3362
District Focus	PreK Assessments and Placements

Special Education Clerks
Kelsey McGovern	(781) 477-7220 x3330
District Focus	Secondary Records and Support (Grades 6 – 12)

Sophia Kouch	(781) 477-7220 x3328
District Focus	Elementary Records and Support (Grades K – 5)

Charlene Leighton	(781) 477-7220 x3327
District Focus	Outside (Out of District) Placements Records and Supports

Rosemary Provencher	(781) 477-7220 x3326
District Focus	PreK Records and Support