Who Are the New District 97 Teachers in 2013-14?

The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Board of Education this summer has approved 53 new hires for its elementary and middle schools, including two new assistant principals for Brooks Middle School, 35 classroom and special education teachers, four nurses, two speech pathologists, two social workers, a data coach and a physical therapist.

The new teachers are listed below by school.

Find Back to School info for Oak Park and River Forest in Patch's Back to School guide.

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• Emilie Dolan, 3rd grade
• Jenna Marmy, speech pathologist
• Christine Wetzel, Sp. Ed. instructional
• Theresa Polhill, Sp. Ed. Int. CC

• Michelle Reed, assistant principal
• Stacie Klein, assistant principal
• Abigail Berman, social worker
• Kina Brown, PE
• Maureen O'Rourke, 7th grade
• Kathy Olson, nurse
• Elizabeth Van Lieshout, Sp. Ed. instructional
• Stephanie Thomas, Sp. Ed. resource

• Lee Brummell, 2nd grade
• Caroline Nikolakakis, 1st grade (part-time to full-time)
• Steve Perkins, 1st grade

• Nicole Chinski, 4th grade
• Andrew Finkbeiner, 5th grade
• Carmelita Nicks, 3rd grade
• Sameeha Qureshi, 1st grade
• Mandi Rebman, EC social work
• Elizabeth Vietzen, 2nd grade
• Ardith Zucker, 5th grade

• Jennifer Jaros, ESL

• Jennifer Browning, 3rd grade
• Olive Collins, 2nd grade
• Nina Diehl, data coach
• Savannah Heidloff, kindergarten

• Noah Wiza, traveling PE

• Rachel Buccieri, 8th grade language arts
• Julie Fleisch, Spanish 
• Dylan Hoffman, 8th grade science
• Christian Kadlec, 8th grade social studies
• John Keith, Sp. Ed. resource
• Aisha Khan, 8th grade math
• Patrick Mucha, 8th grade science
• Miranda Tucker, 8th grade science

• Rahwa Casselle, 3rd grade
• Georgia Donovan, nurse
• Joan Estragues, 1st grade Spanish immersion
• Rebecca Meilinger, 2nd grade
• Karri Spillane, 3rd grade

• Sarah Greenberg, Sp. Ed. Prim. CC
• Jennifer Joseph, nurse
• Miles Lee, 5th grade
• Katherine Malone, EC/PKP Sp. Ed. instructional
• Alyssa Ryan, 3rd grade

• Nancy Scullion, physical therapist
• Claire Downs, Sp. Ed. instructional
• Anne Marie Guerrier, nurse

• Lauren Agruss, speech pathologist

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