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DEAF/BLIND

ST AUGUSTINE, St. Johns County, Florida
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👨‍🎓 512 students 📋 494 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (904)827-2200
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If DEAF/BLIND 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: (904)827-2200.

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 Florida

Florida 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 Rights Florida
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 850-488-9071 · 🔗 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 DEAF/BLIND 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 DEAF/BLIND

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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St. Augustine Record
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “St. Augustine Record” online
Ponte Vedra Recorder
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “Ponte Vedra Recorder” online
Palm Coast Observer
Local newspaper
24 mi
· 🔍 find “Palm Coast Observer” online
Palatka Daily News
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Palatka Daily News” online
Clay Today
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Clay Today” online
Jacksonville Daily Record
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “Jacksonville Daily Record” online
Florida Times-Union
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “Florida Times-Union” online
WJXT (Independent)
Independent — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WJCT (PBS)
PBS — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WTLV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WCWJ (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WJXX (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WFOX-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
WJAX-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
35 mi
· 🔗 site
The Florida Times-Union
Daily newspaper
35 mi
· 🔗 site
Ormond Beach Observer
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “Ormond Beach Observer” online
Bradford County Telegraph
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “Bradford County Telegraph” online
Fernandina Beach News-Leader
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Fernandina Beach News-Leader” online
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daily newspaper
52 mi
· 🔗 site
Tribune and Georgian
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Tribune and Georgian” online
West Volusia Beacon
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “West Volusia Beacon” online
Gainesville Sun
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Gainesville Sun” online
Mainstreet Daily News
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Mainstreet Daily News” online
WUFT (PBS)
PBS — TV
63 mi
· 🔗 site
WCJB-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
63 mi
· 🔗 site
WNBW-DT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
63 mi
· 🔗 site
WOGX (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
63 mi
· 🔗 site
WGFL (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
63 mi
· 🔗 site
The Gainesville Sun
Daily newspaper
63 mi
· 🔗 site
Star-Banner
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “Star-Banner” online
Alachua County Today
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “Alachua County Today” online
Ocala Star-Banner
Daily newspaper
71 mi
· 🔗 site
Villages Daily Sun
Local newspaper
79 mi
· 🔍 find “Villages Daily Sun” online
Daily Commercial
Local newspaper
84 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Commercial” online
Lake City Reporter
Local newspaper
84 mi
· 🔍 find “Lake City Reporter” online
Apopka Chief
Local newspaper
87 mi
· 🔍 find “Apopka Chief” online
Brunswick News
Local newspaper
87 mi
· 🔍 find “Brunswick News” online
WESH (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
95 mi
· 🔗 site
WKMG-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
95 mi
· 🔗 site
WFTV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
95 mi
· 🔗 site

🏛️ Officials for St. Johns County

Florida Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · FL
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis
Governor · FL
· 🔗 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