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First State Military Academy

Clayton, Kent County, Delaware
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👨‍🎓 433 students 📋 86 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (302)223-2150
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If First State Military Academy 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: (302)223-2150.

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 Delaware

Delaware 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 Delaware / CLASI
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 302-575-0660 · 🔗 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 First State Military Academy 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 First State Military Academy

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

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Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times
Local newspaper
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Delaware State News
Local newspaper
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Dover Post
Local newspaper
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Delaware State News (Dover)
Daily newspaper
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Middletown Transcript
Local newspaper
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Newark Post
Local newspaper
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Kent County News
Local newspaper
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Cecil Whig
Local newspaper
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The Times-Record
Local newspaper
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The News Journal
Local newspaper
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The News Journal (Wilmington)
Daily newspaper
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Community News
Local newspaper
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WUVP-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
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The Daily Journal
Local newspaper
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South Jersey Times
Local newspaper
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The Aegis
Local newspaper
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The Star Democrat
Local newspaper
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KYW-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
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WPVI-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
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WCAU (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
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WPHL-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
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WTXF-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
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WPSG (Independent)
Independent — TV
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Philadelphia Daily News
Local newspaper
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Philadelphia Tribune
Local newspaper
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The Kent Island Bay Times
Local newspaper
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Cape Gazette
Local newspaper
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The Daily Local News
Local newspaper
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Delaware County Daily Times
Local newspaper
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The Annapolis Times
Local newspaper
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The Capital
Local newspaper
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The Capital (Annapolis)
Daily newspaper
51 mi
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WNJS (PBS)
PBS — TV
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Maryland Gazette
Local newspaper
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Daily newspaper
52 mi
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The Baltimore Sun
Daily newspaper
52 mi
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WMAR-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
55 mi
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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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🏛️ Officials for Kent County

Delaware Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · DE
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Delaware Matt Meyer
Governor · DE
· 🔗 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