Meet ECSEC's Coordinators

Mary Beth Hamilton: Director. She also coordinates psychological services and speech services.

Bev Krabill: Assistant Director. Bev coordinates the preschool program and ISTAR for the preschool program.

Lee Ann Merkert: Assistant Director. Lee Ann coordinates the program for students with emotionally disabilities, behavior consultants, and chairs manifestation determination conferences (causals). She also coordinates the program for students with Autism.

Gayle Staley: Gayle coordinates the mild disabilities programs for Wa-Nee and Fairfield schools. She also coordinates the program for students with visual impairments.

Kelly Reid: Kelly coordinates the mild disabilities program for Middlebury and Baugo schools. She also coordinates the educational surrogate program. If any student is in a foster home and needs to be tested, an educational surrogate parent needs to be assigned to the student. Please contact Jean Bigler for procedures. A student in a foster home cannot be tested or conferenced without an educational surrogate parent assigned to him/her (unless the parent retains educational rights).

Karen Pfahler: Karen coordinates the program for students with severe disabilities (or Functional Skills programs) and the program for student with orthopedic impairments. She also coordinates the occupational therapy, physical therapy programs and ISTAR for the functional skills.

Donna Lehmann: Donna coordinates the mild disabilities programs for Goshen schools. She also coordinates the assistive technology program.

Theresa Eldridge: Theresa coordinates the mild disabilities program for Concord schools as well as the program for students with hearing impairments. She also coordinates the mild disabilities transition program.