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Franklin Elementary School

Contact

Main Office Phone

253-571-1400

Email Addresses

franklin@tacoma.k12.wa.us

FranklinAttendance@tacoma.k12.wa.us

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Staff List

Main Office

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Talia LoFranco	Principal	tlofran@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1793
Sandy Izaguirre	Office Coordinator	sizagui@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1791
Jessica Fuller	Office Secretary	jfuller1@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1774

Classroom Teachers

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Candace Tinnin	HeadStart family associate	ctinnin@tacoma.K12.Wa.US
Tara Glackin-Coley	Peer Inclusion pre-school	tglacki@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Nicki Eighmy	Specialized pre-school	neighmy@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Melissa Gleason	Transitional kindergarten	mgleaso@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1767
Stephanie Beardemphl	Kindergarten	sbearde@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1764
Milo Mowery	Kindergarten	mmowery@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1765
Brittany King	First grade	bking4@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Bennett Okeze	First grade	bokeze2@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Nicole Maves	Second grade	nmaves@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1757
Lorelei O'Connor	Second grade	loconno@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1756
Wade Handsaker	Third grade	whandsa@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Kayla Schwarz	4/5 split grade	kschwar1@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Shelly Haug	4/5 split grade	shaug@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Sheila Walther	4/5 split grade	swalthe@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Marit Swanson	K-2 Success	mswanso2@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Marina Chowdhury	3-5 Success	mchowdh2@tacoma.k12.wa.us

Specialist Teachers

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Ben Schwarz	P.E./MTSS	bschwar1@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1787
Meredith Kaupp	Library (M/F)	mkaupp@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1746
Jacob Schaffer	Music/MTSS		253-571-1785

Instructional & Student Support Staff

Name	Position	Email	Phone	Website
TBD	Instructional coach
Latasha Grant	LRC	lgrant@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1742	Website
Heidi Richard	Title 1	hrichar@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1794
Kiana Weinschenk	LAP	kweinsc@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1752
Tina Foust	Counselor	tfoust1@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1782	Website
Grace ''Ellen'' Clark	Psychologist	gclark@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1780
June Yang	MLL
Jenny Gillings	SLP	jgillin@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1789
Sarah Shand	SLP (M/T)
Teri Yoshikawa	PT (F)	tyoshik@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1760
Anna Brabbins	OT (M/T/F)	abrabbi@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1760
TBD	OT (M)
Trina Olsen	OT assistant (Th)
Annette Bunker	Nurse (T/W)	abunker@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1776
Katie Camerano	LPN	kcamare@tacoma.k12.wa.us	253-571-1176

Education Support Professionals

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Elizabeth Ramsey	HeadStart family ESP
Gill Chard	Specialized pre-school ESP
Jennifer Stansbury	Peer inclusion pre-school ESP
Katrina Smith	Peer inclusion pre-school ESP
Anahi Wolbert	Transitional kindergarten ESP
Arelle Hall	1:1 ESP
TBD	1:1 ESP
Doris Santos	1:1 ESP
Sara Ameline	K-2 success ESP
Leah Threats	K-2 success ESP
Katie Irwin	3-5 success ESP
Jessica Uglick	3-5 success ESP
Lena Flannigan	Building support ESP
Lanyece Alexander	Building support ESP

Building Support Professionals

Name	Position	Email	Phone
Eileen Pamil	Chief custodian
Christy Monett	Evening custodian
Gurnez Nichols	Evening split custodian
Erika Lopez	Kitchen/Cook		253-571-1792
Graciela Brambila	Kitchen/Cashier
Laura Venegas	Kitchen/Assistant