2025-2026 BTAM Teams

District
Scott Waleck, Director of Security
CPL. Nick Palmisano, SRO

Walnut Ridge School
Suzanne MacDougall, Principal
Dana Cook
Kim Muller
Allison Weber
James Gomez

Cedar Mountain Primary School
Kristin Gudenkauf, Principal
Ed Conde
Ingrid Green
Christina Moye
Kristina Megnin

Rolling Hills School
Pauline Anderson, Principal
Fernando Gomez
Patrick Donovan
Tom Elinger
Jen Gallant
Alexa Reinbold
Sarah Ulrich

Lounsberry Hollow School
Marc Citro, Principal
Donna Picciuto
Marinely Guerrero
Gerrard Pollastro
Kodie Hilbert
Helene Revelant

Glen Meadow Middle School
Eric Kosek, Asst. Principal
Tom Zabrinskie
Anthony Galante
Beth Konopinski
Carol Gonzalez
Lindsey McAloney
Gina Ferraro

VTHS
Lindsay Young, Principal
Debbie Lisa
Dominick Demsak
Kerry Ludeking
Stephen Down
Darren Siegel
Coleen Ranzan

On August 1, 2022, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law N.J.S.A. 18A:17-43.4, requiring the establishment of a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team in each public school, charter school, and renaissance school project. The purpose of a threat assessment team is to provide teachers, administrators, and other staff with assistance in identifying students with behaviors of concern, and assessing those students’ risk for engaging in violence or other harmful activities and delivering intervention strategies to manage the risk of harm for students who pose a potential safety risk.

Each school must have a threat assessment team, and districts are required to adopt a policy aligned with NJDOE’s Guidance on Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM).

  OTHER IMPORTANT HELP NUMBERS 

New Jersey's suicide prevention line, NJ Hopeline, is available by phone (855-654-6735), chat, text and email. The U.S. line for individuals with suicidal thoughts is 800-273-TALK

PerformCare

If your situation is not immediately life-threatening, contact PerformCare at 1-877-652-7624 and follow the menu prompts provided for an urgent situation. You  will be asked a series of questions to determine how PerformCare can help. If there is a need for your child to be evaluated for hospitalization, they will refer you to a local screening center.

Mobile response stabilization services (MRSS)

PerformCare may authorize Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS) to come to your home within one hour of notification to provide face-to-face crisis services. The goal is to stabilize behavior and keep your child at home. Mobile response is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and can offer up to eight weeks of stabilization services.

If you have an immediate concern about potential harm to a student or threat to school safety, please contact your school principal and Vernon Police Department right away.