AMHERST-PELHAM REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH 2002-2003
STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS SEPTEMBER 2002
1: Anti-Racism Community Groups (15)
- Not In Our Town
- NAACP
- Anti-Defamation League
- Anti-Racism Project of Hope Community
- United to End Racism (facilitated by Russ Vernon-Jones & Eunice Torres)
2: BAMSS (14 +)
- Diversity Committee (seven building-based committees could send two each = 14)
- Steering Committee (administrators already have their own focus groups, as do teachers -- how to select representatives of the Steering Committee?)
3: Regional School Committee + Pelham School Committee Chair (12)
- Amherst (Barbara Love, Chair)
- Amherst (Elaine Brighty, Secretary)
- Amherst (Vladimir Morales)
- Amherst (Tony Rogers)
- Amherst (Alisa Brewer)
- Shutesbury (Marianne Jorgensen, Vice Chair)
- Leverett (Michael Katz)
- Pelham (James Duda)
- Pelham (Michael Hussin)
- Pelham School Committee Chair (Maureen Ecclestone)
- Last Regional Chair (Joan Temkin)
- Last Amherst Chair (Sandy Berkowitz)
4: Town Representatives-Government: (12)
- Amherst Town Manager (Barry Del Castilho)
- Amherst Select Board (need not be Chair; one person)
- Pelham Select Board (need not be Chair; one person)
- Shutesbury Select Board (need not be Chair; one person)
- Leverett Select Board (need not be Chair; one person)
- Amherst Finance Committee (need not be Chair; one person)
- Pelham Finance Committee (need not be Chair; one person)
- Shutesbury Finance Committee (need not be Chair; one person)
- Leverett Finance Committee (need not be Chair; one person)
- Amherst Human Rights Director (Eunice Torres)
- Amherst Police Dept (one person)
- Amherst Fire Dept (one person)
5: Other Community Affiliates: (14)
- Children’s Services (Roy Rosenblatt)
- LSSE (one person)
- Council on Aging (Nancy Pagano)
- League of Women Voters (one person)
- Chamber of Commerce (one person)
- Rotary Club (one person)
- HEC (one person)
- AAEA (one person)
- Former Long Time Superintendent (Don Frizzle)
- Acting Dean, UMass School of Education (one person)
- Administrator/Faculty member from Hampshire College (one person)
- Administrator/Faculty member from Amherst College (one person)
- Administrator/Faculty member of the Greenfield Community college program that the Amherst Regional students attend if program still exists (one person)
6: Current Superintendent (Gus Sayer)
7: Central Office Administrators (14)
- Assistant Superintendent (Ron Bell)
- Executive Director of Secondary Curriculum (Wendy Kohler)
- Executive Director of Elementary Curriculum (Martha Ntiforo)
- Interim Director of Pupil Personnel Services (Siv Sandberg)
- ESL/TBE Director (Debbie Zacarian)
- Staff Development & Title I Coordinator (Paul Burnim)
- Business Manager (Paul Carlson)
- Director of Technology Information Systems (Jeff Comenitz)
- Maintenance & Transportation Director (Paul Lawler)
- Food Service Director (Mary Vendette)
- Director of Diversity & Equity (Lianne Suarez-Werlein)
- Assistant to the Supt & Human Resources Administrator (Kathy Mazur)
- Union 28 (includes Leverett/Shutesbury) Special Education Director (Deborah Gerry)
- Interim Union 28 Superintendent or representative from the Union 28 Central Office (David Crisafulli will be gone by 09-18-02)
8: Other Elementary and Regional Administration (14)
- Math Coordinator (Amy Wolpin)
- Science Coordinator ()
- Elementary SPED Coordinator (Siv's replacement?)
- Secondary SPED Coordinator/Special Education Administrator (David Slovin)
- Elementary Mentor Teacher (Rick Last)
- High School Deans (Mary Custard & Bryant Lewis)
- Secondary Guidance representatives (one middle school, one high school)
- South Amherst Campus (Janet Straus)
- Treasurer ()
- Union 28 (includes Leverett/Shutesbury) Business Manager (Charles Paulin)
- SAVUKA Director (Maureen Fleming?)
- Preschool Director (Jan Ryan)
9: Regional Building Principals & Assistant Principals (6)
- Interim High School Co-Principal (Kathleen Hannigan)
- Interim High School Co-Principal (Bill Wehrli)
- High School House Administrator (Marta Guevara)
- Middle School Principal (Mary Cavalier)
- Middle School Assistant Principal (Chris Collins)
- Middle School Assistant Principal (Fran Zipperstein)
10: Elementary Building Principals & Assistant Principals (10)
- Fort River Principal (Russ Vernon-Jones)
- Fort River Assistant Principal (Peter Gervickas)
- Wildwood Principal (Terez Waldoch)
- Wildwood Assistant Principal (Karen Lowe)
- Crocker Farm Principal (Paul Wiley)
- Crocker Farm Assistant Principal (Susan Kennedy-Marx)
- Mark's Meadow Principal (Katie Fitzgerald)
- Pelham Principal (Rena Moore)
- Shutesbury Principal (Tari Thomas)
- Leverett Principal (Anne Ross)
11: Elementary teachers group I, including union building rep (14)
- Fort River sends (6)
- Wildwood sends (6)
- Shutesbury sends teachers representing middle school transition experience (2)
12: Elementary teachers group II, including union building rep (15)
- Crocker Farm sends (5)
- Mark's Meadow sends (4)
- Pelham sends (4)
- Leverett sends teachers representing middle school transition experience (2)
13: Middle School teachers, including curriculum leaders & union building rep (12)
14: High School teachers, including department heads & union building rep (14)
15: Support personnel from 7 schools, including union rep (8?)
- paraprofessionals
- secretaries
- transportation
- custodians
- cafeteria
16: High School Students (high school administrators to select diverse cross sampling) (15)
17: TBE Programs -- parents, teachers, & paraprofessionals from each of four TBE program offered in Region (16)
- Khmer
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Korean
18: Special Education Parents, especially SPED PAC, from 7 schools (15)
19: School Councils & Parent/Teacher Organizations (PTOs) (16)
- High School School Council (1)
- High School Parent Center (3)
- Middle School School Council (1)
- Middle School PTO (1)
- Elementary School Councils (one from each of five = 5)
- Elementary PTO groups (one from each of five = 5)
NOTE: These 19 groups include 235 individuals
Group Deletions from Previous Draft Lists
- Editor of the Amherst Bulletin
- Hitchcock Center
- PVPA (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School)
- Common School, Montessori School, Hartsbrook School
- Churches & other Places of Worship
- Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts
- Boys & Girls Club
- Jones Library Trustees
- Title I Parents Group
- ESL Parents from languages that do not have a TBE program (at least 10 other languages spoken outside Chinese, Korean, Khmer, Spanish) Group
- Elementary After School programs administrators
- Parents from boards of each elementary After School program
- North Star/Pathfinder
Last edited on Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:14:59 pm.