SCHS District Leadership Team
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Meet Our District Team
Rachelle Morris
Deputy Superintendent
Biography
About Rachelle Morris
Ms. Morris is a multi-award-winning principal, school leader, and teacher. Prior to joining SCHS, Ms. Morris was the principal of Scott Libby Elementary School where she increased the school’s rating to an “A.” She also serves as an A+ School of Excellence Lead Judge for the Arizona Educational Foundation.
Ms. Morris’ leadership experience is instrumental to the continued evolution of the SCHS cutting edge curriculum, instruction, assessment, and compliance in the alternative education arena. Ms. Morris manages the daily administration of all the schools’ education and community programs. Ms. Morris received a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education from Arizona State University and a master of arts degree in administration and supervision from the University of Phoenix.
Kimberly Franz
Chief Officer of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Biography
About Kimberly Franz
Ms. Franz is a leader with a diverse background in teaching and administration. The first fourteen years of her career were spent in elementary teaching where she led a multitude of diverse professional development trainings. In 2005, she received the district’s Teacher of the Year award. Over the past 13 years, she served as an administrator. As a principal, she increased her school’s rating to an “A” and maintained that rating throughout her years of service. Ms. Franz led her school to receive the A+ School of Excellence Award in 2012 and in 2013 earned a Golden Bell Award. In addition to her success in teaching and administration, Ms. Franz has in-depth experience in new school openings and designing effective curriculum to drive student achievement. She is a leader who cares deeply for a collaborative and resilient culture.
Ms. Franz leadership experience is an important key to the continued success of SCHS and the student’s achievement. She is dedicated to excellence in education and is driving SCHS forward in becoming a leading and excelling district. She graduated from Tolleson High School, received her bachelor of science in education and master of arts in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University.
Lauren Diesner
Director of Special Education
Biography
About Lauren Diesner
Lauren Diesner – Director of Special Education at Student Choice High School
Lauren Diesner enters her second full year with Student
Choice High School and just completed her first full school year as the director of special education. Since taking over the director of special education role, Diesner has accomplished the establishment of special ed
policies and procedures, created a tracking system for incoming students, established
compliance of all IEPs, evaluations, and 504 plans, increased the members of
the special education department, ensured specially designed instruction for
all students, and individualized each learning experience by providing students
with the accommodations and modifications necessary for their success.
Lauren also currently works weekends as an inpatient therapist at Copper Springs Behavioral Health Hospital in Avondale.
Prior to her arrival with Student Choice High School,
Diesner has spent over a decade working in both public schools and mental
health.
In the spring of 2018, Diesner graduated from Grand Canyon
University with a double master’s in psychology and professional counseling.
Prior to that, she graduated from Arizona State University
in 2012 with a bachelor of arts in a dual program of general and special education.
Diesner currently resides in Litchfield Park with her
husband Derek and their four adorable fur-babies: Pippen (German Shepherd),
Admiral (Golden Retriever), and their two cats Milly and Oliver.
Tonya Bridges-Brown
SCHS District Administrator for Student Services
Biography
About Tonya Bridges-Brown
Tonya Bridges-Brown is the director at our SCHS Kroc location and has been in education for over 22 years. She earned her bachelor of arts in English literature from the University of Michigan and her master of arts in guidance and counseling (School of Education) from Eastern Michigan University. Her positions in education include guidance counselor for Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Florida and Charlotte Forten Academy in Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, other positions included assistant principal and principal for The Leona Group charter schools for almost 15 years and Skyline Education, LLC for three years. Among her accomplishments, she was instrumental in opening two of The Leona Group schools in Phoenix, AZ.
While education and serving students have always been two of Tonya’s biggest passions, her other “love” was serving in the U.S. Army for 14 ½ years (Captain). She is a wife, mother of three, and grandmother of two.
Her favorite famous quote is from Frederick Douglas, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
