MARY ELLEN COSTELLO
Director of Special Education, Crescent City Schools
Joined the Team in 2024
Mary Ellen Costello is the Director of Special Education for Crescent City Schools. This is her first year in this position. Mary Ellen earned her bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, with a major in History and Theater and a minor is Psychology. After college, she volunteered in India for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) before moving to New Orleans as a teachNOLA Fellow. Working in a high school setting as a Special Education Teacher, Mary Ellen found immense joy in supporting students with disabilities at G.W. Carver High School to ensure that they were able to achieve their most rigorous post-secondary outcome. She ended her time at Carver serving as the Director of Compliance for ESL programming, Section 504, and Special Education.
Mary Ellen moved to Massachusetts to work on her Master’s Degree in Special Education. While in Boston, she served as the Special Education and Section 504 Coordinator at the Community Charter School of Cambridge. Once her graduated program ended she moved back to her found family and home, New Orleans, where she was as the Director of Scholar Support at Laureate Academy Charter.
Mary Ellen is excited to join the Crescent City Schools Team and hopes that she can make a positive impact on the lives of children with disabilities.