Contacts

For more information about Community Schools at DMPS, contact:

Allyson Vukovich
Community Partnership Coordinator
allyson.vukovich@dmschools.org
515-242-8376

Vanessa Howell, MBA
Community Partnership Liaison
vanessa.howell@dmshools.org
515-242-7989

In addition, Community Schools coordinators are placed in each of the five comprehensive high school feeder patterns:

• East High -Jill Padgett, 515.242.7741, jill.padgett@dmschools.org
• Hoover High – Gretchen Critelli, 515.242.7874, gretchen.critelli@dmschools.org
• Lincoln High – Cara Graziano, 515.242.8452, cara.graziano@dmschools.org
• North High  – Charles Mercer IV, 515.242.7296, charles.mercer@dmschools.org
• Roosevelt High – Lupe Thomason, 515.242.7666, lupe.thomason@dmschools.org
• Scavo High – Lynette Marchant, 515.242.7627, lynette.marchant@dmschools.org

Additional coordinators are placed at schools according to need:

• King Elementary – Julanda Taylor, 515.242.8417, julanda.taylor@dmschools.org
• Capitol View Elementary – Stacey Robles, 515.242.6203, stacey.robles@dmschools.org
• Lovejoy Elementary – Bobbie Jo Sheridan, 515.242.8419, bobbie.sheridan@dmschools.org

Community School Coordinators are funded by United Way of Central Iowa Education Impact Funds and the United Way of Central Iowa ELI- Education Leaders Initiative Funds.