Melissa Cochrane
Administration · Coordinator
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I have loved being around children since I was a child myself.
As a young girl, I used to gather up the neighborhood kids and my sister and I would play "school". I remember taking paper and putting it through the sewing maching to make a perforation so that I could tear off part of the page to send home as homework.
I started babysitting at 9 years old and also worked at a daycare center for 5 years while in high school and college.
I knew that someday I would work in a profession that helped people and when I was a junior in high school I watched the movie, Children of a Lesser God. This movie was about a special education teacher working with deaf and hard of hearing students. When the movie was over, I ran up the stairs and told my mom, I wanted to be a Speech-Language Pathologist, and that's just what I did.
I love children and have a passion for students with special needs!!!
Attended Eastridge Elemenatry School, Lefler Middle School and East High School.
Earned my Undergraduate Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Earned a Graduate Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Earned a Masters in Educational Administration from Doane College.
This is my 28th year working for LPS. I worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist for 16 years before becoming an Administrator.