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Ms. Lisa Ann Alaniz
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Ms. Pamela Ann Avelar
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Mr. Eliud Pena Barrera
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Ms. Sonya M. Barrera-Segovia
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Mrs. Rosa Maria Benavides
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Dr. Ada M. Besinaiz, Ed.D.
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Ms. Ginny M. Briseno
(Secretary to Director of Special Education)
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Mr. Shomari Jacques Buchanan
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Mrs. Michelle L. Carrales
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Ms. Ciarra Castaneda
(PRZ - SPED Aide)
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Mr. Jose David Cisneros
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Ms. Kimberly Ann Coronado
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Mr. Philip Harold Davis
(District Spc. Ed. Diagnostician)
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Ms. Audrey G. De La Paz
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Ms. Debra Fernandez
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Mrs. Belinda Fassold Fuentes
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Ms. Amy Carolyn Garcia
(Adaptive Special Education Teacher)
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Ms. Angelique Garza
(Part Time Special Ed. Secretary)
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Mrs. Debra Garza
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Getz
(Early Childhood Specialist Education (ECSE) Teacher)
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Ms. Ernestina Gomez
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Ms. Cynthia Ann Gonzales
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Mrs. Melissa O. Gonzalez
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Ms. Maria I. Guevara
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Ms. Elda Gutierrez
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Ms. Cynthia Hinojosa
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Mrs. Astrid E. Leija
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Ms. Courtney Luckerson
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Mr. Nathaniel Luke
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Ms. Andrea Munoz-Miller
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Ms. Kathleen E. Pedraza
(HRV - Special Education Aide)
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Ms. Yanira Ramirez
(Special Ed Inclusion Teacher)
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Mr. Rene Carlos Ramirez Jr.
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Ms. Teresa Riojas
(Special Education Inclusion Teacher)
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Ms. Sylvia Rodriguez-Ozuna
(Adaptive Special Education Teacher)
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Ms. Alyssa Sanchez
(Special Education Aide)
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Mrs. Yolanda Sanchez
(Special Ed. Adaptive Education - A.E. Teacher)
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Mrs. Amy Vela Sandoval
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Mrs. Leona Denise Schreiner
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Ms. Clarissa Yvonne Torres
(Behavior Modification Class Special Ed. Teacher)
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Ms. Leticia 'Lettie' Garcia Trejo
(Special Ed. - Dyslexia Teacher)
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Mrs. Donicia Vasquez
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Mrs. Bianca Monique Vela-Cantu
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Ms. Laura Zimmerman
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