LHS Approves Interim Director Of Special Education Services

LEMONT, IL — The Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education has approved the appointment of Kelly Lucio as the Interim Director of Special Education Services for the 2022-23 school year, according to a release from the school.

The Lemont High School community is still mourning the loss of Dr. Christine Flores, who died on May 31 after having served as the district’s Director of Special Education Services since 2008, the district said. Over the past few years, Lucio and Flores worked together closely on many facets of the Special Education Department.

Lucio has served as Lemont High School’s Special Education Department Chair since the start of the 2019-20 school year, according to the district. Prior to arriving at Lemont, she was a program supervisor at the A.E.R.O. Special Education Cooperative (2015-19), an instructional coach with the New Teacher Center Chicago (2014-15), a teacher and case manager with the National Teachers Academy (2013-14), a teacher and RTI coordinator with Chicago Public Schools (2011-13), and a teacher with the San Diego Unified School District (2009-11).

Lucio earned a bachelor of arts degree in Special Education from Roosevelt University in 2008, and was awarded master’s degrees from the American College of Education in 2011 (Curriculum & Instruction) and 2013 (Education Leadership), the school said. Earlier this spring, she earned a Director of Special Education endorsement from the University of St. Francis.