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Staff Directory

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Yris Acevedo, M.S.W.

Social Worker/Anti-Bullying Specialist
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Amber Arriaga

School Secretary
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Josephine Arizmendi, M.A.

Special Education Teacher
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Bima B. Baje, M.S.

School Business Administrator
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Leslie Mitchell Baynes

Chief Operating Officer
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Susanne Boyle, M.A.T.

Science Teacher
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Monique Brooks

School Secretary
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Ameenah Brown

Ameenah Brown

Dean of Students
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Alan Browne, Jr., M.A.

Speech-Language Pathologist
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Vidal Carrasco

Facilities Manager
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Erney Clarke

Admissions/Student Life/Operations Coordinator
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Alexis Clawans, M.A.T.

Math Teacher
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Mallory Cohen, M.S.

History Teacher
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Crystal Covington, Ed.D

Vice Principal
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Cory Cox

Music Teaching Artist
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Suzanne Dandie-Lashley, M.S.W.

Social Worker/Anti-bullying Coordinator/Educational Stability Liaison
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Monique Davenport

Assistant Teacher
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Roseadra Davis-Brown, M.A.

Teacher
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Emily Dixon

Teacher
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Emmanuel Essien

In-House Substitute
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Sabrina Fevry

Paraprofessional
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Shavonne Foster

Paraprofessional
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Kaileen Grisham

Science Teacher
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Karen Hannah, R.N.

Nurse
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Lysbeth Karlock

Teacher
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Colleen Kelly

School Operations Manager
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Chris Kennedy

Physical Education & Health Teacher
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Hannah-Marie Kennedy, M.Ed.

Principal
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Sabrina Labadi

Foreign Language Coordinator, In-House Substitute, Long Term Substitute
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Errol LaGuerre

Errol LaGuerre

Science Teacher
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Jeanette Ledda, M.A.

Teacher
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Jeffery Locklear, M.A.T.

Math Interventionist, UH School Culture Leader
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Sharon Machrone

Director of Communications
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Gloria Maldonado

Assistant Teacher
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Shontell McQueen, M.P.A

Assistant Business Administrator of Operations
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Debbie Paczkowski

Math Teacher
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Maria Pilar Paradiso, J.D.

Head of School
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Kelly Passafiume, M.S.

Teacher
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Karen Portuese

Physical Education & Health Teacher
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Jazmin Quiles

Assistant Art Teacher
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Jeannette Rios, M.A.

ESL Teacher
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Maudlyn Samuel, R.N.

Nurse
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Gina Schiano, M.S.

Instructional Supervisor, Kindergarten - Grade 4
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Angie Shedid

History Teacher
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Greg Silver

Director of Admissions & High School Placement
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Victoria Smith

Teacher
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Gabriela Suriel

Assistant Teacher
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Ryan Thurlow

School Aide
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Natasha Valentin, M.A.T.

Teacher Mentor/Coach
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Michael Vasquez

Technology Aide
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Audra Wade

Link Alumna, Paraprofessional
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Qunita Whiteley, Ed.D

Special Education Coordinator and Supervisor, Special Education Supervisor
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Cheryl Williams

Teacher
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Marlene Wilson

Cafeteria Manager, Director of Food Services Program
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Victoria Windapo, M.A.T.

Dean of Academics, Link Alumna
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Important Pages

  • HIB
  • TITLE I
  • New Jersey School Performance Report
  • Breakfast and Lunch Menus
  • Link to Home, weekly parent newsletter
  • Staff Directory
  • PowerSchool Log In
  • LCCS ADMISSIONS POLICY
  • REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS
  • SCHOOL FINANCES
  • Lead Testing Report
NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS

Link Community Charter School admits students of any race, color, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION & BULLYING

Antibullying Coordinator 
Suzanne Dandie-Lashley, M.S.W.
973.642.0529       sdandie@linkschool.org

Antibullying Specialist 
Yris Acevedo, M.S.W.
973.642.0529       yacevedo@linkschool.org

NJ State School Climate Coordinator
HIB@doe.nj.gov

LCCS Policy and HIB Grade

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