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CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL

SYRACUSE, Onondaga County, New York
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👨‍🎓 764 students 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (315)671-0270
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL 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: (315)671-0270.

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 New York

New York State Education Department — 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 New York
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 518-432-7861 · 🔗 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 CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL 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 CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SYRACUSE CHARTER SCHOOL

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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WSTM-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WSYR-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WCNY-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WSYT (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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The Post-Standard
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “The Post-Standard” online
The Post-Standard (Syracuse / Syracuse.com)
Daily newspaper
2 mi
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The Citizen
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “The Citizen” online
Cortland Standard
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Cortland Standard” online
Rome Daily Sentinel
Local newspaper
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· 🔍 find “Rome Daily Sentinel” online
The Ithaca Journal
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “The Ithaca Journal” online
Finger Lakes Times
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “Finger Lakes Times” online
WKTV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WUTR (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
47 mi
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WFXV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
47 mi
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Observer-Dispatch
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Observer-Dispatch” online
Daily Messenger
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Messenger” online
WBNG-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
62 mi
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WIVT (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WICZ-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WSKG-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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Press & Sun Bulletin
Local newspaper
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WWNY-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WPBS-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WWTI (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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Watertown Daily Times
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “Watertown Daily Times” online
The Daily Star
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Star” online
WETM-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WENY-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WYDC (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
71 mi
· 🔍 find “WYDC (FOX)” online
Star-Gazette
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “Star-Gazette” online
WROC-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WHEC-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WHAM-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WXXI-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
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WUHF (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
74 mi
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Democrat and Chronicle
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Democrat and Chronicle” online
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
Daily newspaper
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The Leader
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “The Leader” online
The Evening Tribune
Local newspaper
90 mi
· 🔍 find “The Evening Tribune” online
The Leader-Herald
Local newspaper
92 mi
· 🔍 find “The Leader-Herald” online

🏛️ Officials for Onondaga County

New York State Education Department
State education agency — special-education oversight · NY
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of New York Kathy Hochul
Governor · NY
· 🔗 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