Community Diversity Alliance

The Community Diversity Alliance (CDA) fosters community engagement and parental involvement, and is a forum for community-based diversity conversations. Each of the schools has its own CDA, which encourages building-specific diversity programming and activities; student engagement with diversity activities; and parent study and discussion groups. We are also working on a community outreach program that will take us into neighborhoods to find out what residents need from the schools.

The members of the district CDA are:

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Jeff Stegman, District Transportation

Gina Gentry-Fletcher, School and Community Relations Director

Ta Gannaway, Parent

Ray Schmitz, Parent

Michael Berkemeier, Principal, Freshman School

Karrie Gallo, Principal, Central Elementary School

Denise Hayes, Principal, North Elementary School

Todd "TJ" Hayes, Student, Crossroads Middle School

Becky Emenaker, Teacher, West Elementary School

Dr. Paige Gillespie, Principal, East Elementary School

Iva Johnson, Bookkeeper, Crossroads Middle School

Dawn Hildreth, Teacher, Fairfield Academy

Lynn Wood, Teacher, Compass Elementary School

Pam Gemperle, Teacher, Central Elementary School

Laura Woniger, Teacher, South Elementary

Superintendent Billy Smith leads an activity with the district CDA

and residents of Tyler's Creek Apartments during an engagement

session held in April.