Office of Charter Schools Directory

Mailing Address: 
Office of Charter Schools 
6307 Mail Service Center 
Raleigh, NC 27699-6307

Physical Address: 
Department of Public Instruction 
301 N Wilmington Street 
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825

Please note that sending us an email is ideal.  Clicking the link on our names will bring up an automatic email prompt. Thank you!

Please direct general inquiries to the main number above or contact ocs@dpi.nc.gov.


Office of Charter Schools Staff

Ashley Baquero, Director of NC OCS - 984.236.2708

Name Email Phone Area
Jenna Cook Jenna.Cook@dpi.nc.gov 984.236.2707 Accountability; Renewals
Melanie Rackley Melanie.Rackley@dpi.nc.gov 984.236.2712 Authorizing; New School Applications
Natasha Norins natasha.norins@dpi.nc.gov (984) 236-2702 External Support; RTO/Planning Year
Brandi Gill brandi.gill@dpi.nc.gov 984 236-2705 Stakeholder Support
Joseph Letterio M. Joseph.Letterio@dpi.nc.gov 984.236.2703 Communications & Data
Julie Whetzel julie.whetzel@dpi.nc.gov 984.236.2701 Amendments
Megan Carter megan.carter@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2711 Performance Framework
Nicky Niewinski nicole.niewinski@dpi.nc.gov 984-236-2709 SBE/CSRB 

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