The Aurora R-8 Special Education Staff is committed to serving the students in the district.  Our goal is to ensure all students become productive members of society.  

Special Ed Staff

Special Education Office- 417-678-7742

Brenda Lakin

Director of Special Education

blakin@aurorar8.org

Jessica Chappell

Assistant Director of Special Education

jessicachappell@aurorar8.org

Lacey Medlin

Administrative Assistant

lmedlin@aurorar8.org

Ann Boles

Process Coordinator

aboles@aurorar8.org

Amanda Lancaster

Process Coordinator

alancaster@aurorar8.

Diann Barth

504 Process Coordinator

dbarth@aurorar8.org

Pate Early Childhood Center  417-678-1552

Teacher Name

Teacher Email

Sara Siegrist (ECSE)

ssiegrist@aurorar8.org

Erin Unverferth (ECSE)

eunverferth@aurorar8.org

Jennifer Grant (ECSE)

jgrant@aurorar8.org

Elizabeth Daughterity (Teacher/ Building Process Coordinator)

edaughterity@aurorar8.org

Samantha VanDusen

svandusen@aurorar8.org

Faith Cline

fcline@aurorar8.org

Ronda Davidson

tmason@aurorar8.org

Robinson 417-678-5651

Teacher Name

Teacher Email

Jennifer Brown

jbrown@aurorar8.org

Maria Campbell

mcampbell@aurorar8.org

Heather Lawrence

hlawrence@aurorar8.org

Johnna Christensen

jchristensen@aurorar8.org

Tabatha Looney (Teacher/ Building Process Coordinator)

tlooney@aurorar8.org

Hannah Wilson

hwilson@aurorar8.org

Jacqualine Mais

jmais@aurorar8.org

Amanda Solak

asolak@aurorar8.org

Jr. High 417-678-3630

Teacher Name

Teacher Email

LaDonna Huff

lhuff@aurorar8.org

Madeline Currey

mcurrey@aurorar8.org

Ian Margreiter

imargreiter@aurorar8.org

High School   417-678-3355

Teacher Name

Teacher Email

Libby Herbert (Teacher/ Building Process Coordinator)

lherbert@aurorar8.org

Sadie McMenamy

smcmenamy@aurorar8.org

Becky Thrasher

bthrasher@aurorar8.org

Carrie Cavender

ccavender@aurorar8.org

Ashley Otradovec

aotradovec@aurorar8.org

Alternative School 417-678-1180

Teacher Name

Teacher Email

Colton Lee

clee@aurorar8.org

Speech/Language Pathologists

Name

Email

Jada Smith - Pate (ECSE)

jsmith@aurorar8.org

Amy Hodges - Pate

ahodges@aurorar8.org

Kristy Cyr - Pate

kcyr@aurorar8.org

Heather Edwards- Robinson

hedwards@aurorar8.org

Megan Schuler-Robinson, Jr High, High School

mschuler@aurorar8.org