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Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School

Hayward, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
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👨‍🎓 389 students 📋 65 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (715)634-8924
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa 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: (715)634-8924.

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 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa 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 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Chronotype
Local newspaper
35 mi
· 🔍 find “The Chronotype” online
Chetek Alert
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “Chetek Alert” online
Ashland Daily Press
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “Ashland Daily Press” online
Inter-County Leader
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Inter-County Leader” online
Superior Telegram
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Superior Telegram” online
Iron County Miner
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Iron County Miner” online
Ironwood Daily Globe
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “Ironwood Daily Globe” online
The Colfax Messenger
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “The Colfax Messenger” online
Duluth News Tribune
Daily newspaper
68 mi
· 🔗 site
Chippewa Herald
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “Chippewa Herald” online
Stanley Republican
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “Stanley Republican” online
Star News
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Star News” online
The Osceola Sun
Local newspaper
78 mi
· 🔍 find “The Osceola Sun” online
The Dunn County News
Local newspaper
79 mi
· 🔍 find “The Dunn County News” online
WEAU (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
80 mi
· 🔗 site
WQOW (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
80 mi
· 🔗 site
WHWC-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
80 mi
· 🔍 find “WHWC-TV (PBS)” online
Leader-Telegram
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Leader-Telegram” online
KBJR-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
83 mi
· 🔗 site
WDSE (PBS)
PBS — TV
83 mi
· 🔗 site
WDIO-DT (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
83 mi
· 🔗 site
KQDS-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
83 mi
· 🔗 site
KDLH (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
83 mi
· 🔗 site
Tomahawk Leader
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Tomahawk Leader” online
The Tribune-Phonograph
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “The Tribune-Phonograph” online
Hudson Star-Observer
Local newspaper
94 mi
· 🔍 find “Hudson Star-Observer” online
The Durand Courier-Wedge
Local newspaper
95 mi
· 🔍 find “The Durand Courier-Wedge” online
Rhinelander Daily News
Local newspaper
96 mi
· 🔍 find “Rhinelander Daily News” online
Merrill Foto News
Local newspaper
96 mi
· 🔍 find “Merrill Foto News” online
River Falls Journal
Local newspaper
97 mi
· 🔍 find “River Falls Journal” online

🏛️ Officials for Sawyer 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