Dear Families,
My name is Lindsay Dankmyer and I am your new Community School Liaison!
I have been a proud MCPS employee for nearly 20 years serving students and families in many different capacities. I’ve had the privilege of being a classroom teacher, an intervention teacher, a STEM specialist, and a Staff Development Teacher. My experience has allowed me to make connections with students and their families on both small and large scales.
As your new Community School Liaison, I will be the bridge that connects your family to available community services. I will work with community partners, local government agencies, and businesses to provide your family with wraparound services including, but not limited to, safe transportation to school, vision, dental, and hearing screenings, access to mental and behavioral health providers, extended school year programs, as well as enriching extracurricular after school programs and clubs.
I will accomplish all of this through a shared decision-making process that requires me to actively listen to the community’s needs. I will ask for your feedback through surveys, conversations, and focus groups. Your input and observations, along with other data collected, will help me to gauge the effectiveness of the services we are providing. I look forward to developing and maintaining relationships that will allow all community members’ voices to be heard.
My goal as your School Community Liaison is simple: I aim to elevate student and family engagement, coordinate services and supports that foster well-being, and expand learning opportunities for your children while promoting a welcoming school climate that values every member of the community and their diversity of experiences.
I am looking forward to meeting you and working with you to ensure all of our students thrive!
Lindsay Dankmyer
Jackson Road Elementary School
Community School Liaison
(240) 205-1365 (text/call)
Instagram: @JacksonRdCSL
Twitter: @JacksonRdCSL
We loved working with the DHHS Dental Office to get our 2nd and 3rd graders' teeth cleaned and sealed to protect them from cavities!
Josie's Closet is a great resource for our students when they are in need of clothing, shoes, and jackets!
We love our partnership with our "sister school" Greenwood Elementary in Brookeville. They ran a coat drive so any student at Jackson Road who was referred for a winter jacket received one.
Colleen and Sophie from the Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) help run our Brilliant Futures Program for current Kindergarten and 1st Graders.
Rental Assistance: Avoiding Eviction & Working with Landlords
Housing Opportunities Commission: Safe, affordable, high-quality housing for Montgomery County residents
Office of Landlord-Tenant Affairs: Informing the public of general rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords and helping resolve disputes amicably, free of charge
Landlord/Tenant Office Complaint Form
Gilchrist Resource Center: Affordable/Moderately Priced Housing
Moderately Priced Dwelling Units (MPDUs)
Coaching Salud Holistica providing holistic wellness to underserved communities.
Montgomery Perinatal Program: provides home based case management services to at-risk pregnant and parenting families who reside in Montgomery County. Clients can be uninsured or a recipient of Medicaid. Services include support, guidance and education during the pregnancy and up to one year postpartum.
Catholic Charities Center: serves anyone in need who may be vulnerable or in crisis in Montgomery County
Lourie Center: Improving the social and emotional health of young children and their families
The Parents' Place of Maryland: Information on how to obtain education and/or health care services for children with disabilities.
Catholic Charities Strong Families Initiative: Latino families encountering or anticipating hardships
Postpartum Support International
Sheppard Pratt Care & Services: Community and family supports
Bare Necessities: Supports and empowers local families in need by providing the "bare necessities" such as food, furniture, and clothing.
Parent Encouragement Program (PEP): Educating parents, enriching families
Stork's Nest: Prenatal support and care. Participants can receive maternity or baby care items
Jackson Road Monthly Market Days: The first Tuesday of every month @ 5:00pm (see dates below)
Kingdom Care Food Distribution: The third Wednesday every month @ 5:00pm (see calendar below)
Food Assistance Resources in Montgomery County
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Maryland SUN BUCKS - gives $120 per child during the summer months (June, July, and August) for food shopping.
Care for Kids: Medical care for uninsured children
Primary Care Coalition: Health care for low-income adults
Maryland Health Connection: Health insurance
Mobile Medical Care: Providing accessible medical services for insured, uninsured, low-income, and Medicare/Medicaid residents
CASA - a Latino immigration advocacy and assistance organization based in Maryland
Gilchrist Immigration Resource Center
