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ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MURDOCK, Cass County, Nebraska
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👨‍🎓 506 students 📋 54 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (402)867-2341
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If ELMWOOD-MURDOCK 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: (402)867-2341.

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 Nebraska

Nebraska 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 Nebraska
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 402-413-2016 · 🔗 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 ELMWOOD-MURDOCK 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 ELMWOOD-MURDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Ashland Gazette
Local newspaper
10 mi
· 🔍 find “Ashland Gazette” online
The Plattsmouth Journal
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “The Plattsmouth Journal” online
Papillion Times
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “Papillion Times” online
Lincoln Journal Star
Daily newspaper
23 mi
· 🔗 site
KLKN (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KOLN (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
KUON-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
24 mi
· 🔍 find “KUON-TV (PBS)” online
KFXL-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
24 mi
· 🔗 site
Bellevue Leader
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Bellevue Leader” online
Wahoo Newspaper
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “Wahoo Newspaper” online
Nebraska City News-Press
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “Nebraska City News-Press” online
Omaha World-Herald
Daily newspaper
29 mi
· 🔗 site
KMTV-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
29 mi
· 🔗 site
WOWT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
29 mi
· 🔗 site
KETV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
29 mi
· 🔗 site
KYNE-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
29 mi
· 🔍 find “KYNE-TV (PBS)” online
KPTM (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
29 mi
· 🔗 site
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
Local newspaper
31 mi
· 🔍 find “Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil” online
Fremont Tribune
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “Fremont Tribune” online
The Crete News
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “The Crete News” online
Seward County Independent
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “Seward County Independent” online
Southwest Iowa Herald
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Southwest Iowa Herald” online
Beatrice Daily Sun
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Beatrice Daily Sun” online
Columbus Telegram
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Columbus Telegram” online
West Point News
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “West Point News” online
York News-Times
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “York News-Times” online
Falls City Journal
Local newspaper
69 mi
· 🔍 find “Falls City Journal” online
Fairbury Journal News
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Fairbury Journal News” online
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Atlantic News-Telegraph” online
The Sabetha Herald
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “The Sabetha Herald” online
Marysville Advocate
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Marysville Advocate” online
Hiawatha World
Local newspaper
83 mi
· 🔍 find “Hiawatha World” online
Maryville Daily Forum
Local newspaper
84 mi
· 🔍 find “Maryville Daily Forum” online
Aurora News-Register
Local newspaper
91 mi
· 🔍 find “Aurora News-Register” online
Norfolk Daily News
Local newspaper
97 mi
· 🔍 find “Norfolk Daily News” online
The Wayne Herald
Local newspaper
98 mi
· 🔍 find “The Wayne Herald” online

🏛️ Officials for Cass County

Nebraska Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · NE
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Nebraska Jim Pillen
Governor · NE
· 🔍 find “Office of the Governor of Nebraska” online
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