Family Support

In efforts to address the social-emotional needs of students and families the Department of Students Support Services is implementing a Tele-Health Service Delivery Model (The use of digital technologies to deliver services by connecting multiple users in separate locations).

Counselors & Trauma Sensitive Clinicians

• KCPS School Counselors assigned to each school will contact each and every family for a whole child wellness check-in.
• School Counselors will make referrals to the Trauma-Sensitive School Clinician based on the Wellness Needs of the Students and Families.
• Students and Families in Need of Immediate Support for Social and Emotional Needs will be able to contact a Student Support Team Member through our support hotline numbers assigned to per school

KCPS Trauma Sensitive Team

Behavior Health Manager - Travanna Alexander (816) 723-1355

School Name	Clinician	Contact Number
Elementary Schools
ACCPA - Lower	Angelique Tembo	(816) 309-6855
Banneker	Alicia Smith	(816) 423-9081
Border Star Montessori	Malena Binger	(816) 352-4000
Faxon	Dorothy Patterson	(816) 668-7261
Foreign Language Academy	Cindy Garcia	(816) 385-3146
Garfield	Christina Kohn	(816) 929-9147
George Melcher	Candice Wise	(816) 301-1557
George Washington Carver	Cindy Garcia	(816) 385-3146
Gladstone	Dorothy Patterson	(816) 668-7261
Hale Cook	Christina Kohn	(816) 929-9147
Harold Holliday, Sr. Montessori	Malena Binger	(816) 352-4000
J.A. Rogers	Malena Binger	(816) 352-4000
James	Cindy Garcia	(816) 385-3146
John T. Hartman	Kenya Hicks	(816) 533-6922
Longfellow	Dorothy Patterson	(816) 668-7261
Martin Luther King, Jr.	Zandra Winfield	(816) 723-1357
Phillis Wheatley	Alicia Smith	(816) 423-9081
Pitcher	Candice Wise	(816) 301-1557
Primitivo Garcia	Christina Kohn	(816) 929-9147
Success at Knotts	Marchel Turner	(816) 723-1354
Trailwoods	Christina Kohn	(816) 929-9147
Wendell Phillips	Kelly Ewing	(816) 646-9624
Whittier	Malena Binger	(816)352-4000
Middle Schools
Central Middle	Cortney Ray	(816) 343-9441
Lincoln Middle	Arica Miller	(816) 646-9843
Northeast Middle	Elizabeth Stanford	(816) 205-5316
Paseo Middle	Zandra Winfield	(816) 723-1357
High Schools
East High	MacKenzie Even	(816) 226-8096
Central High	Jeff Dayton	(816) 645-0121
Lincoln High	Arica Miller	(816) 646-9843
Northeast High	Elizabeth Stanford	(816) 205-5316
Paseo High	Zandra Winfield	(816) 723-1355
Southeast High	Angelique Tembo	(816) 309-6855
Success at Anderson	Kristen Dua	(816) 723-1356

August 27, 2020

Dear Parent or Guardian:

In a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and guidance from the CDC, local health department and medical authorities, Kansas City Public Schools will begin the school year on September 8, 2020, using two models, Distance Learning and Virtual School.

While it would be preferable to be back in school working with students, at this time it is not possible.  Our teachers will be holding group lessons via video conferencing, as well as other distance and/or virtual education platforms.

School districts have an obligation to protect the rights and privacy of all students, including special education students.  To balance the obligation of privacy and learning, this communication is serving as notice that when your child participates in group lessons via video conferencing, their identity will not be confidential to anyone else participating in the group including adults that may be supporting other children.

If you do NOT wish for your child to participate in group lessons via video conferencing, please let your child’s teacher know as soon as possible.

Thank you

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