Luxemburg-Casco School District Names Jane Mathes Director of Student Services

Jane Mathes, an area educator for the past 20 years, has been named the Director of Student Services for the Luxemburg-Casco School District. In two decades with the Unified School District of De Pere, she has been a middle-school teacher, a special-education teacher and worked in a student program support role.

Mathes’ responsibilities include leadership for Special Education, English Language Learner (ELL), health, guidance, counseling, nursing, mental health, and other student services and programs. She will collaborate to integrate special education with regular education across grade levels, subjects, and systems on a district-wide basis. Mathes also will be a member of the administrative team.

“Jane is awesome and will be a phenomenal addition to our team,” said Jo-Ellen Fairbanks, Ph.D., Luxemburg-Casco superintendent. “Her experience in the classroom and in providing supports to students, particularly those with additional challenges, will be an asset to the district. L-C focuses on a whole-child approach in educating its students, and this position is integral to positive student outcomes.”

A native of Waterloo, Wis., Mathes started her professional career at De Pere Middle School in 2004, teaching eighth-grade science and writing for four years. She then began an 11-year run as a special-education teacher, serving as the department’s team leader for the final nine years.

“I am excited to be part of the Luxemburg-Casco community,” said Mathes. “There is such a strong sense of community here, and I value the way people support one another.”

“I enjoy supporting students throughout their entire school experience – seeing them from 3 years old when they enter the school system as they progress into the older grades; being that support for students and their families is what I love.”

Mathes is a magna cum laude graduate of St. Norbert College. She later earned a master’s degree in special education from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, along with an administrative license in pupil services from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.