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Asheboro City Schools

Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina
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👨‍🎓 4,405 students 📋 626 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (336)625-5104
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Asheboro City 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: (336)625-5104.

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 North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction — 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 Rights North Carolina
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 919-856-2195 · 🔗 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 Asheboro City 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 Asheboro City Schools

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Courier-Tribune
Local newspaper
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High Point Enterprise
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “High Point Enterprise” online
The Dispatch
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Dispatch” online
WFMY-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WGHP (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WXII-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WCWG (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
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WXLV-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
26 mi
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Greensboro News & Record
Daily newspaper
26 mi
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News & Record
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “News & Record” online
The Times-News
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times-News” online
Winston-Salem Journal
Daily newspaper
37 mi
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Salisbury Post
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Salisbury Post” online
The Sanford Herald
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “The Sanford Herald” online
Richmond County Daily Journal
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “Richmond County Daily Journal” online
WTVD (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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The Herald-Sun
Local newspaper
56 mi
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Statesville Record & Landmark
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Statesville Record & Landmark” online
The Charlotte Observer
Daily newspaper
66 mi
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WBTV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WSOC-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WCCB (Independent)
Independent — TV
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WCNC-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WTVI (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WJZY (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WMYT-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
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Charlotte Observer
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Charlotte Observer” online
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Daily newspaper
67 mi
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WUNC-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
67 mi
· 🔍 find “WUNC-TV (PBS)” online
WRAL-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
67 mi
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WLFL (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
67 mi
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WRAZ (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
67 mi
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The News & Observer
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “The News & Observer” online
The Laurinburg Exchange
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “The Laurinburg Exchange” online
Danville Register & Bee
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “Danville Register & Bee” online
Martinsville Bulletin
Local newspaper
69 mi
· 🔍 find “Martinsville Bulletin” online
Cheraw Chronicle
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Cheraw Chronicle” online
WUVC-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
71 mi
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The Fayetteville Observer
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “The Fayetteville Observer” online
The Mount Airy News
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mount Airy News” online

🏛️ Officials for Randolph County

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
State education agency — special-education oversight · NC
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of North Carolina Josh Stein
Governor · NC
· 🔗 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