Special Ed Services: Department Information

The office of Student Services and Special Education supports and provides direction to schools and teachers in several areas. In addition to providing service to the students with disabilities, the department provides direction to students at risk of not graduating from high school.

The department also provides programmatic direction in the area of support services to all students. Those support services include: guidance and counseling, school social work, school psychology, school nursing, and alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention and intervention.

Executive Director of Student Services
Jennifer Wimmer

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1102 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: jwimmer@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Executive Assistant
Lynn Cummings

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1101 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: lcumming@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Secretary
Kim Chynoweth

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1103 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: kchynowe@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Secretary
Karine Dandrow
Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1104 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: kldandrow@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Secretary
Julie Kelliher
Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1117 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: jkellihe@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Transportation and Enrollment Coordinator
Stephanie Peterson

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1105 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: speterso@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Alternative Assessment (WAA), ACT Special Testing
Kathryn Heling

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1123 Fax 262-970-1023
e-mail: kheling@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Elementary Special Education Coordinator for Blair, Bethesda, Hawthorne, Lowell, Meadowbrook, Rose Glen, Summit View, White Rock
Karen Peterson

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1113 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: kpeterso@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Elementary Special Education Coordinator for Banting, Hadfield, Heyer, Hillcrest,  Prairie, STEM-Randall, Whittier, and STEM-Saratoga
Sarah Drzewiecki

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1114 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: sdrzewie@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Cognitive Disabilities Coordinators, Grades 7-8: (3 members)

Marianne Kirsch - Butler Middle School
Address: 310 N. Hine Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone: 262-970-2931
e-mail: mkirsch@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Terese Mislang - Horning Middle School
Address: 2000 Wolf Road, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3371
e-mail: tmislang@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Ann Shurte - Central Middle School
Address: 400 N. Grand Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3254
e-mail: ashurte@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Cognitive Disabilities Coordinator (Grades 9-12+)
Bruce Massman

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3601 Fax: 262-970-3520
e-mail: bmassman@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Coordinator for Deaf/Hard of Hearing 
Deb Koller

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1126 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: dkoller@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Early Childhood/4 year old Kindergarten Readiness Coordinator
Stephanie Lichtig

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1111 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: slichtig@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Emotional/Behavioral Disability (Grades 6-12) Coordinator & iQ Academies at Wisconsin Special Education Coordinator
Linda Sumwalt

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1115 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: lsumwalt@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Homebound Instruction Coordinator
Kathy Abrahamson

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1122 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: kabraham@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Specific Learning Disabilities Coordinator, Grades 6-12: (6 Members)

Judy Ertel - South High School
Address: 401 E. Roberta Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3874
e-mail: jertel@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Gail Henning - West High School
Address: 3301 Saylesville Road, Waukesha, WI 53189
Phone: 262-970-4210
e-mail: ghenning@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Marianne Kirsch - Butler Middle School
Address: 310 N. Hine Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone: 262-970-2931
e-mail: mkirsch@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Terese Mislang - Horning Middle School
Address: 2000 Wolf Road, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3371
e-mail: tmislang@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Jeremy Monday - North High School
Address: 2222 Michigan Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53188
Phone: 262-970-3587
email: jmonday@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Ann Shurte - Central Middle School
Address: 400 N. Grand Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-3254
e-mail: ashurte@waukesha.k12.wi.us

School District Nurses
Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Twyla Lato
Phone: 262-970-1125 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: tlato@waukesha.k12.wi.us
JoAnn Audo - Special Education
Phone: 262-970-1131 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: jaudo@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Speech/Language Services Coordinator
Patty Hovel

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1112 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: phovel@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Coordinator for the Visually Impaired (Grades K-12)
Karen Peterson

Address: 222 Maple Avenue, Waukesha, WI 53186
Phone: 262-970-1113 Fax: 262-970-1023
e-mail: kpeterso@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Updated 5/5/11

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