School Board Members

Kathleen Schmidt (Community Representative) Board Chair
Term: June 2021-August 2024
kschmidt@arcadiacharterschool.org 
Kathleen is a retired special education teacher and lives in Northfield. She has family living nearby including two grandsons and in New Hampshire where she has a grandson and granddaughter. As a retiree, she enjoys spending as much time as she can with her grandchildren as well as reading, watching great movies from the 1920’s-1950’s and exercising at FiftyNorth. 

Tamra Paulson (Teacher Representative) 
Term: June 2021 – August 2024
tpaulson@arcadiacharterschool.org
Tamra is in her sixth year as a special education teacher at Arcadia and her twelfth year of teaching. She lives in Northfield with her husband, Brad. Tamra has 4 grown children and 9 grandchildren, all of whom live relatively close by.  She loves to spend as much time as possible with her family. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and relaxing on her front porch or at the lake. Tamra appreciates the small, community-focused school setting of Arcadia and loves to support students to be successful. 

Tami Kasch-Flugum (Teacher Representative)
Term: June 2021 – August 2024
Tami is starting her tenth year teaching at Arcadia as a High School Advisor and Life Science Teacher. She lives in New Prague with her husband Matt, who is the Teaching and Learning Coordinator for Tricity United School District. Her son Joshua has just turned eight and loves to create plots for movie and book series. When Tami is not working she loves to travel, cook and eat good food, and really enjoys spending time with her family.
tkasch-flugum@arcadiacharterschool.org

Tammy Prichard (Treasurer)
Term:  June 2020 - August 2023
Tammy is starting her twelfth year of involvement with Arcadia; she joined the school board in 2009 when her children came to the school, and she started teaching writing in 2013.  In addition to teaching high school writing and communication classes at Arcadia, Tammy teaches high school writing classes at a home school academy in Minneapolis.  Before teaching in the classroom, she homeschooled six of her seven children; she also did a brief stint as a high school advisor at a private school and as a college entrance consultant.  When she's not grading papers, she's working/playing in her garden, knitting, or reading/watching mysteries.

George Cusack (Parent Representative)
Term: November 2021-August 2022
gcusack@arcadiacharterschool.org

Barb Wornson (Community Representative)
Term: June 2020-August 2023
bwornson@arcadiacharterschool.org
Barb Wornson has over forty years experience in public education, working as a teacher, a school psychologist, and school administrator.  Most recently, Barb served Arcadia as Executive Director.  Barb volunteers in the Northfield community and enjoys music, reading, and writing.

Jo Janssens (Parent Representative)
Term: June 2022-August 2025
jjanssens@arcardiacharterschool.org
Jo lives in Northfield and has one child at Arcadia. He works in software development and finance, and plays tennis for fun. He's interested in developing the technology side of Arcadia as well as financial literacy.

David Wolff (Parent Representative)
Term: June 2022-August 2025
dwolff@arcadiacharterschool.org
David lives in Northfield with his spouse, Jennifer, a biology professor at Carleton, and their two children (a Senior and a Sophomore at Arcadia). He's worked at Content Bookstore since 2015 and is currently the store manager. A strong proponent of life-long learning and liberal arts education, his whole family was attracted to Arcadia's project-based, arts-centric approach. When he's not trying to read most of the books in the store, he's trying to read most of the books at his home. He also enjoys classical music, biking, and is a huge comic book geek.

Shannon Fields (Parent Representative)
Term: June 2022-August 2025
sfields@arcadiacharterschool.org
Shannon has one child at Arcadia. Arcadia has been a great fit for Marvin. Shannon and his family live in Farmington. Shannon and family are originally from Virginia. Shannon works for UNFI in the IT department. Shannon thinks Arcadia is a great foundation for the real working world. People working together and sharing ideas. He wants to keep promoting this idea. He is also an advocate for people with disabilities. Shannon taught adults with disabilities at his church in Virginia. They taught him more about life and faith than anybody else. Shannon also has participated in Partners in Policymaking. PIP trains adults with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities to advocate for changes on the way people with disabilities are supported, viewed, and taught.