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Alexandria City Public Schools

Alexandria, Alexandria city, Virginia
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👨‍🎓 16,575 students 📋 1,675 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (703)619-8000
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Alexandria City Public Schools isn't giving your child the services they're legally owed, you have a clear, federally-protected path. Under IDEA these steps are the same everywhere — work them in order and put everything in writing.

Step 1

Request an IEP meeting — in writing

Email your child's case manager and the district's Director of Exceptional/Special Education. State the problem and the services you're requesting, and ask for a formal IEP-team meeting. Keep a copy of everything. District office: (703)619-8000.

Step 2

File a state complaint

If the district violated an IDEA rule in the last year, file a signed written complaint with your state's special-education dispute-resolution office (below). The state must investigate and issue a decision — usually within 60 days.

Step 3

Ask for mediation

Request free, voluntary mediation through the state — a neutral, trained mediator helps you and the district reach a written agreement. It's faster and less adversarial than a hearing.

Step 4

File for a due-process hearing

For serious disputes over identification, evaluation, placement, or FAPE, file for a due-process hearing — a formal legal proceeding. Consider getting an advocate or attorney first (see Protection & Advocacy below).

⚖️ Where to file & get free help in Virginia

Virginia Department of Education — Special-Education Dispute Resolution
File a state complaint (IDEA), request mediation, or a due-process hearing
· 🔗 visit site

File a written state complaint within 1 year of the violation, request free mediation, or file for a due-process hearing. Start here if the district is out of compliance.

disAbility Law Center of Virginia
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 804-225-2042 · 🔗 visit site

Your state's federally-funded disability rights agency. Free information, advice, and sometimes legal representation for IEP and special-education disputes.

📚 Know-your-rights resources

Your legal footing: Under IDEA every eligible child is entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and an IEP built to their needs. Section 504/ADA also bar disability discrimination.

• Parent Training & Information Center (PTI): free coaching for your state — find your center »

• CADRE (national dispute-resolution center): cadreworks.org »

• U.S. Dept. of Education OSEP (administers IDEA) & Office for Civil Rights for 504/ADA complaints.

Tip: bring a written list of requests to every meeting, ask for the district's response in writing, and never sign an IEP you don't agree with — you can consent to parts and dispute the rest.

💪 Not just your child? Use strength in numbers.

If other Alexandria City Public Schools families are hitting the same wall, it's a district problem — and numbers change the outcome. Send this page to your social-media contacts and Facebook parent groups, and ask other parents at drop-off and pickup: is this happening to you too? Gather the stories here so the pattern is documented. Once you can prove a bigger issue: wear matching-color shirts for solidarity, protest peacefully, pack school-board meetings, reach out to government officials, give interviews, and send press releases to the local newsrooms below to bring the media in.

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📣 Take action for Alexandria City Public Schools

Systemic problems get fixed when they become public. Below is local press near this district and the officials responsible for Alexandria city.

📰 Local newsrooms

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Alexandria Gazette Packet
Local newspaper
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Alexandria Times
Local newspaper
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Falls Church News Press
Local newspaper
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The Washington Post
Daily newspaper
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The Washington Times
Daily newspaper
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WRC-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WTTG (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WJLA-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WUSA (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WFDC-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
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WETA-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WHUT-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WDCW (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
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The Washington Examiner
Local newspaper
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Washington Informer
Local newspaper
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The Georgetowner
Local newspaper
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Fairfax Times
Local newspaper
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Greenbelt News Review
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Greenbelt News Review” online
The Annapolis Times
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Annapolis Times” online
The Capital
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Capital” online
The Capital (Annapolis)
Daily newspaper
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WMAR-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WBAL-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WJZ-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WBFF (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WNUV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
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WMPB (PBS)
PBS — TV
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Baltimore Afro-American
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Baltimore Afro-American” online
Baltimore Banner
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Baltimore Banner” online
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Loudoun Times-Mirror” online
The Howard County Times
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Howard County Times” online
Maryland Gazette
Local newspaper
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The Kent Island Bay Times
Local newspaper
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The Baltimore Sun
Daily newspaper
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The Free Lance-Star
Local newspaper
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The Frederick News-Post
Daily newspaper
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Carroll County Times
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Carroll County Times” online
The Star Democrat
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Star Democrat” online
Culpeper Star-Exponent
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Culpeper Star-Exponent” online
Kent County News
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Kent County News” online

🏛️ Officials for Alexandria city

Office of the Governor of Virginia Abigail Spanberger
Governor · VA
· 🔗 site
Virginia Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · VA
· 🔗 site
U.S. Dept. of Education — Office for Civil Rights
Disability discrimination complaints (504/ADA) · National
✉️ OCR@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-421-3481 · 🔗 site
U.S. Dept. of Education — OSEP
Federal special-education oversight (IDEA) · National
✉️ OSEP@ed.gov · ☎️ 1-800-872-5327 · 🔗 site