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Ithaca School District

Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin
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👨‍🎓 319 students 📋 74 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (608)585-2512
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Ithaca School District 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: (608)585-2512.

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 Wisconsin

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 800-928-8778 · 🔗 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 Ithaca School District 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 Ithaca School District

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Richland Observer
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “The Richland Observer” online
Reedsburg Times-Press
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “Reedsburg Times-Press” online
Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise” online
The Boscobel Dial
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “The Boscobel Dial” online
The Dodgeville Chronicle
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “The Dodgeville Chronicle” online
Sauk Prairie Eagle
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “Sauk Prairie Eagle” online
Baraboo News Republic
Local newspaper
29 mi
· 🔍 find “Baraboo News Republic” online
The Fennimore Times
Local newspaper
31 mi
· 🔍 find “The Fennimore Times” online
Juneau County Star-Times
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Juneau County Star-Times” online
Wisconsin Dells Events
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Wisconsin Dells Events” online
Vernon County Broadcaster
Local newspaper
34 mi
· 🔍 find “Vernon County Broadcaster” online
Mount Horeb Mail
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Mount Horeb Mail” online
The Lodi Enterprise
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “The Lodi Enterprise” online
Westby Times
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “Westby Times” online
Grant County Herald Independent
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Grant County Herald Independent” online
Middleton Times-Tribune
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “Middleton Times-Tribune” online
The Platteville Journal
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “The Platteville Journal” online
The Waunakee Tribune
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “The Waunakee Tribune” online
Portage Daily Register
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “Portage Daily Register” online
The Verona Press
Local newspaper
44 mi
· 🔍 find “The Verona Press” online
The Tomah Journal
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “The Tomah Journal” online
Courier Press
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Courier Press” online
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)
Daily newspaper
48 mi
· 🔗 site
WISC-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
WMTV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
WHA-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
49 mi
· 🔍 find “WHA-TV (PBS)” online
WKOW (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
WMSN-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
49 mi
· 🔗 site
The Capital Times
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “The Capital Times” online
Isthmus
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Isthmus” online
Wisconsin State Journal
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “Wisconsin State Journal” online
Monroe County Herald
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Monroe County Herald” online
The Oregon Observer
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “The Oregon Observer” online
WKBT-DT (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
57 mi
· 🔗 site
WXOW (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
57 mi
· 🔗 site
WLAX (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
57 mi
· 🔗 site
La Crosse Tribune
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “La Crosse Tribune” online
Stoughton Courier Hub
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “Stoughton Courier Hub” online
Telegraph Herald
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Telegraph Herald” online
Monroe Times
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Monroe Times” online

🏛️ Officials for Richland County

Office of the Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers
Governor · WI
· 🔗 site
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
State education agency — special-education oversight · WI
· 🔗 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