• The Behavioral Health and School Safety Department is committed to supporting the educational achievement and social emotional health of all children. Each division within Behavioral Health and School Safety is designed to assist in creating a positive learning environment conducive to safe and academic growth, as well as social and emotional development.

    The Behavioral Health and School Safety Department is responsible for and supports students, schools and parents in the areas of attendance, open enrollment, parent & community concerns, school health services, Section 504, Social Emotional Learning Specialists and programs, student behavior/ discipline, student disciplinary hearings, and student intervention & support services.

  •        Behavioral Health and School Safety

  • Assistant Superintendent of Behavioral Health and School Safety
    Dr. Louis Laffitte Jr
    623-237-7135

    Director of Social and Emotional Learning and Mental Health Services 
    Andrea Arellano
    623-237-7165

    Director of Student and Family Support Services
    TBD 
    623-237-7133

    Director for System of Care Center
    Denis Parcells
    623-237-5503  

    Coach for Multi-tiered System of Support and School Culture
    Lydia Horstman
    623-237-7195

    Coordinator of Title IX
    Frances Dewindt
    623-237-7170 

    Lead Nurse
    Chelsea Dewitt
    623-237-7133

    Student Services Administrative Secretary
    Juana Hernandez
    623-237-7133