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Amanda Dempsey
Joined 2013
Amanda Dempsey
Area Manager
Shannon Hipple
Joined 2019
Shannon Hipple
Executive Director
Brittany Langley
Joined 2019
Brittany Langley
Assistant Director
Mary Kay Rea
Joined 2023
Mary Kay Rea
Office Manager
Lisa Slater
Joined 2019
Lisa Slater
Chef
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Joined 2024
Ava Lessig
Infant Teacher
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Cathy Barzyk
Infant Teacher
Rachel Stanley
Joined 2019
Rachel Stanley
Toddler Teacher
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Joined 2020
Robin Scaringi
Toddler Teacher
Emily Herr
Joined 2016
Emily Herr
Toddler Teacher
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Joined 2019
Emily Delgato
Early Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2024
Katie True
Early Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2022
Maura Murta
Early Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2023
Rosemary Harrell
Early Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2023
Katie Cole
Preschool Pathways Teacher
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Taylor Jestus
Preschool Pathways Teacher
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Joined 2020
Sharon Lee
Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2024
Isabelle Sacks
Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2025
Kayla Mercer
Preschool Teacher
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Joined 2022
Corinna Meccariello
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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Joined 2023
Hannah Lindvedt
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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Alexis Noble
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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Joined 2023
Kim Miller
Transitional Kindergarten Teacher
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Joined 2021
Jon Bath
Kindergarten Enrichment Teacher
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Joined 2025
Maribeth Makela
Support Teacher
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Joined 2025
Nancy Mignona
Bus Driver

Franchise Owners

Ashley Gray and Amina Gunaratne

Welcome to Primrose Schools!

Ashley Gray and Amina Gunaratne are seasoned Primrose school owners with over a decade of experience operating successful schools in New Jersey. We are kindred spirits who have grown closer through our shared journey as entrepreneurs and working parents looking for high-quality childcare.

The decision to open a Primrose school was deeply personal for us both. As a new mom returning to her legal career, Ashley sought a bold change that allowed her to spend more quality time with her newborn baby and family. Disheartened by the childcare services that we both experienced as parents, we set out to create a solution that would appeal to the standards of care that we wanted for our own children. This journey for exceptional care led us to Primrose Schools.

At Primrose, we believe who children become is as important as what they know. Our exclusive early learning approach balances purposeful play with nurturing guidance from teachers to encourage curiosity, creativity, confidence and compassion. We deliver more than a curriculum; it’s a life-changing early learning experience for children and their families.

Over the last ten years, we have partnered together to lead with service excellence and provide the best and most trusted early education and care.

We are excited to meet you and your family!

Our family would love to meet yours.

Contact us to schedule a tour.
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This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. We will not offer you a franchise unless and until we have complied with applicable registration and disclosure requirements in your jurisdiction. Contact Primrose School Franchising SPE, LLC, 3200 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 1200E, Atlanta, GA 30339, to request a copy of our FDD.

*Study was conducted on a representative sample of Primrose Pre-Kindergarten students across twelve Primrose schools in nine states in the Spring of 2024. The Bracken School Readiness Assessment 4th Edition assesses children’s school readiness in terms of their understanding of concepts that are strongly related to early childhood cognitive and language development as well as early academic achievement.

**Based upon recent assessments of approximately 3,900 Primrose students aged 4 screened using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition during the 2024-2025 school year. Ages & Stages Questionnaires® and ASQ® are registered trademarks of Paul H Brookes Publishing Co, Inc.