Dignity For All Students Act (DASA)
The goal of the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA), which took effect July 1, 2012, is to provide students with a school environment free of discrimination and harassment by peers and by school personnel. It applies to behaviors on school property, in school buildings, on a school bus, as well as at school-sponsored events or activities. Incidents of harassment and discrimination may include, but are not limited to, threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity or expression), and sex. These eleven categories are referred to as protected classes.
In addition, amendments to the regulation (effective July 1, 2013) have added explicit references prohibiting bullying and cyber bullying.
At least one school employee will be designated as a DASA coordinator in each school and will be responsible for receiving and reporting incidents. In addition, training is to be provided to staff and students in order to raise awareness, provide strategies for prevention, and offer methods of responding to acts of discrimination and/or harassment. Finally, schools will be required to collect and report data related to “material incidents” of discrimination and harassment.
Dignity for All Students (DASA) Incident Reporting Form (PDF)
2022-2023 DASA Building Coordinators
NAME NUMBER TITLE E-MAIL
COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY
Andrew Bowen 626-9860 Principal abowen@williamsvillek12.org
Rebekah Skinner 626-9863 Assistant Principal rskinner@williamsvillek12.org
DODGE ELEMENTARY
Charles Smilinich 626-9820 Principal csmilinich@williamsvillek12.org
Nicole Mayers 626-9824 Assistant Principal nmayers@williamsvillek12.org
FOREST ELEMENTARY
Claire Licata-Michael 626-9807 Assistant Principal clicata-michael@williamsvillek12.org
Doreen Zak 626-9802 Social Worker dzak@williamsvillek12.org
HEIM ELEMENTARY
Bonnie Stafford 626 8697 Principal bstafford@williamsvillek12.org
Nancy Fultz 626-8676 Social Worker nfultz@williamsvillek12.org
MAPLE EAST ELEMENTARY
Karrie Dominique 626-8806 Social Worker kdominique@williamsvillek12.org
Kristy Giardina 626-8813 Assistant Principal kgiardina@williamsvillek12.org
MAPLE WEST ELEMENTARY
Jason Smith 626-8843 Principal jsmith@williamsvillek12.org
Lindsey Kubera 626-8841 Assistant Principal lkubera@williamsvillek12.org
CASEY MIDDLE
Clare Battle 626-8567 Assistant Principal cbattle@williamsvillek12.org
Carole Ann Collard 626-8518 Social Worker ccollard@williamsvillek12.org
HEIM MIDDLE
Jeffrey Jachlewski 626-8603 Principal jjechlewski@williamsvillek12.org
Lauren Miranto 626-8603 Assistant Principal lmiranto@williamsvillek12.org
MILL MIDDLE
Lori Dabney 626-8300 Assistant Principal ldabney@williamsvillek12.org
Karen Stelley 626-8336 School Counselor kstelley@williamsvillek12.org
TRANSIT MIDDLE
Patrick Quast 626-8702 Assistant Principal pquast@williamsvillek12.org
Whitney Abbott 626-8732 School Counselor wabbott@williamsvillek12.org
EAST HIGH SCHOOL
Tricia DeSantis 626-8405 Assistant Principal tdesantis@williamsvillek12.org
Beth Gentile 626-8414 School Counselor egentile@williamsvillek12.org
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
Katherine Wendling 626-8513 Assistant Principal kwendling@williamsvillek12.org
Kristen Rizzo 626-8504 Assistant Principal krizzo@williamsvillek12.org
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Salvatore Curella 626-8204 Assistant Principal scurella@williamsvillek12.org
Andrea Rozansky 626-8205 Assistant Principal arozansky@williamsvillek12.org