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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