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Our deepest gratitude to the individuals and organizations who made this process possible and participated in our S.A.F.E Working Group efforts.

Community Members and Organizations

• Paul Barry, Manager of Vocational Services, Central Massachusetts Collaborative

• Stacie Brimmage, Community Member

• Jessie Channell, Trauma Therapist, MSPCC / Eliot

• Donna Connolly, Program Director, MassEdCO

• Susan Farrell, Executive Director, Central Mass Collaborative

• Crystal Guzman, Worcester Educational Collaborative

• Deborah Hall, CEO, YWCA

• Maria Juncos-Gautier, Executive Director, Latino Education Institute

• Khrystian King, Vice Chairman, City Council

• Derrick Kiser, CEO, Fresh Start Wellness Center

• Candace Laura, Community Member

• Juan Matos, Community Member

• Mary Jo Marrion, Worcester State University

• Parlee Jones, The Village Worcester

• Khmery McKenzie, Assoc. Director of Youth & Children’s Services, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA

• Barbara Mudd, Chair of Education Committee, NAACP

• Domenica Perrone, Director of Community Engagement & Volunteering, Clark University

• Carmen Rosado, Program Coordinator, Latino Education Institute

• Sarai Rivera, Director of Program Development & Governmental & Community Relations, REM

• Michelle A. Santana, Director of Youth Development, YWCA

• Todd Smith, Manager of Employer & Community Partnerships, Worcester Community Action Council

• Wade Sulzman, Missing or Absent Social Worker, Department of Children and Families

WPS Parents & Caregivers

• Michelle Bata, Flagg street School

• Michael Brennan, Thorndyke Road School

• Elizabeth Desilets de Cardenas,Quinsigamond School

• Michelle Flegal, Burncoat High School

• Alba Irizarry, Burncoat Elementary, Burncoat Middle School, Burncoat High

• Echo Louissaint, Doherty Memorial High School, Elm Park School

• Lydia Lowe, Woodland Academy

• Ellie Lupafya, Chandler Magnet School, North High School

• Derek Luzim, Chandler Magnet

• Christina MacDonald, Burncoat High School, Doherty Memorial High School

• Riley Markey, Midland Street School

• Katrina McCormick, Worcester Technical High School, Heard Street

• Nelly Medina, Goddard School

• Holly Montero,South High School, Sullivan Middle, CMC

• Lindsay Morse, Burncoat Middle School, Doherty Memorial High School

• Mara Power, Nelson Place

• Sarah Witt, West Tatnuck School

• Tana Zoller, South High School, Sullivan Middle, Heard Street School

WPS Students

• Theresa Forndia, Worcester Technical High School

• Anahit Marutya, Claremont Academy

• Theseus Wigren, North High School

WPS Faculty and Staff

• Jessica Adamowicz, Supervisor, Special Education Department

• Brynn Allarie, Assistant Principal, Quinsigamond School

• Katie Allen, Paraeducator, Francis J. McGrath School

• Karen Benson, Teacher, Vernon Hill School

• Kimberly Benson, Nutrition Department

• Mary Birkbeck, Teacher, Thorndyke Road School

• Sheila Bonilla, School Adjustment Counselor, City View School

• Marianne Bryan, Transportation Safety Supervisor, Transportation Department

• Gabriela Carofaniello, Teacher, Clark Street School

• Ericka Cobos, School Adjustment Counselor, Sullivan Middle

• Shannon Conley, Director,  Alternative Programs

• Jean Conway, Supervisor, Office of Culture and Climate

• Gina Creamer, Assistant Director, Special Education

• John Donahue, Assistant Principal, Quinsigamond School

• Lisa Edmonson, Supervisor, Special Education

• Brianna Fisher, LTS, North High School

• Christine John, School Adjustment Counselor, North High School

• Jean Lindquist Grady, School Psychologist, Systemwide

• Deborah L Gonzalez, Director of Family and Community Engagement

• Paul Hernandez, Wraparound Coordinator, Burncoat Middle School

• Amy Jo Holmes, Teacher, Burncoat High School

• Elaine Irizarry-Kline, School Adjustment Counselor, City View School

• Philip King, Assistant Principal, Burncoat Middle School

• Lissa Lagasse, Teacher, Sullivan Middle

• Elizabeth Lupafya, Assistant Principal, North High School

• Aliya-Marie Melville, Head Start Program

• Jamie Moreau, Department Head, Forest Grove Middle

• Margaret M. Murphy, Assistant Principal, Chandler Elementary School

• Paige Murphy, Teacher, Roosevelt School

• Lisa Noe Higgins, Principal Clerk, Family and Community Engagement

• Heather Odell, Paraeducator, North High School

• Ann M. O’Leary Ortiz, Principal, Alternative School

• Pari Omidbakhsh, Teacher, Quinsigamond School

• Xolchit Polanco Roman, Wraparound Coordinator, Burncoat High School

• Yahaira Rodriguez, Paraeducator, Sullivan Middle

• Maria L. Rosado, Wraparound Coordinator, Challenge & Reach Academies

• Teresa Weyler, Teacher, South High School

• Catherine Wood Fontoura, Adjustment Counselor, Worcester East Middle

Community Members and Organizations

• Scott Armstrong, District Chief-Fire Prevention Worcester Fire Department

• John Bossolt, LT., Day Operations, Worcester Police Department

• Dr. John Broach, UMass Dept of Emergency Medicine

• Charles Goodwin, Commissioner, Worcester Emergency Management

• Jarrid Pike, Director of Emergency Management & Preparedness, UMass Memorial

• Norm Soucie,  Chief, UMass EMS/Life Flight

• Fred Taylor, President, NAACP

WPS Parents and Caregivers

• Hailey Anderson, City View

• Jordan Berg Powers, Wawecus Road School

• Melissa Blanchette, South High School

• Laura Clancey, Doherty Memorial High School, Nelson Place School

• Elyzabeth Frontaan, ACT Public Schools

• Katherine Kanu Menou, Canterbury Street School

• Tracy Novick, Burncoat High School

• Trinny Vath, Doherty Memorial High School, Nelson Place School

WPS Faculty and Staff

• Anne Adams, Teacher, Nelson Place School

• Veronica Alache, Guidance Counselor, North High

• Heather Baer, Teacher, Burncoat High School

• Darian Belizaire, Paraeducator, South High School

• Samantha D’Angelo,Coordinator of Culinary Operations, Nutrition Department

• Janice DiStefano, Word Processor, Worcester East Middle School

• Cindy Febus, Wraparound Coordinator, Worcester Technical High School

• Ryan B. Hacker, Assistant Director, Facilities Department

• Rich Ikoneon, Director of Facilities

• Jennifer Litchfield, Teacher, North High School

• Colleen McShea, Assistant Director, Nutrition Department

• Scott Moriarty, Principal, Gerlad Creamer Center

• Mary O’Donnell, Teacher, Burncoat Middle School

• Al Pettway, Dean of Students, North High School

• Ann Marie Reynolds Lynch, Director of Nursing

• Christina Rocheleau, Teacher, Worcester East Middle School

• Enrique Sanchez, Teacher, Gerald Creamer Center

• Shelley Maroney Striker, School Nurse, Clark Street School

• Travis Sullivan, Department Head, North High

• Dr. Patricia Suomala, Director of CVTE, Worcester Technical High School

• Greg Tremba, Principal, Forest Grove Middle

• Anca Tughin, Assistant Director School Nutrition

• Tim Williams, Network Engineer, Information Technologies Department