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Marlboro School District

Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont
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👨‍🎓 93 students 📋 27 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (802)254-2668
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Marlboro 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: (802)254-2668.

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 Vermont

Vermont Agency 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 Vermont
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 802-229-1355 · 🔗 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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro School District

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Commons
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “The Commons” online
Brattleboro Reformer
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “Brattleboro Reformer” online
Deerfield Valley News
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “Deerfield Valley News” online
The Recorder
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “The Recorder” online
The Keene Sentinel
Local newspaper
22 mi
· 🔍 find “The Keene Sentinel” online
Bennington Banner
Local newspaper
24 mi
· 🔍 find “Bennington Banner” online
Manchester Journal
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Manchester Journal” online
The Chester Telegraph
Local newspaper
29 mi
· 🔍 find “The Chester Telegraph” online
Athol Daily News
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Athol Daily News” online
Springfield Reporter
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Springfield Reporter” online
Amherst Bulletin
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Amherst Bulletin” online
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Hampshire Gazette” online
The Berkshire Eagle
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “The Berkshire Eagle” online
Eagle Times
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “Eagle Times” online
The Gardner News
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “The Gardner News” online
Ware River News
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “Ware River News” online
Sentinel & Enterprise
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Sentinel & Enterprise” online
The Westfield News
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “The Westfield News” online
Rutland Herald
Daily newspaper
53 mi
· 🔗 site
The Vermont Standard
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “The Vermont Standard” online
WWLP (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
53 mi
· 🔗 site
WGGB-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
53 mi
· 🔗 site
WGBY-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
53 mi
· 🔍 find “WGBY-TV (PBS)” online
The Republican
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “The Republican” online
The Republican (Springfield / MassLive)
Daily newspaper
53 mi
· 🔗 site
Milford Cabinet
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Milford Cabinet” online
Leominster Champion
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Leominster Champion” online
Times Union (Albany)
Daily newspaper
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WRGB (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WTEN (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WNYT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WMHT (PBS)
PBS — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WXXA-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
WCWN (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
Times Union
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Times Union” online
The Mountain Times
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mountain Times” online
The Saratogian
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “The Saratogian” online
The Post-Star
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “The Post-Star” online
Spencer New Leader
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Spencer New Leader” online
The Landmark
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “The Landmark” online

🏛️ Officials for Windham County

Office of the Governor of Vermont Phil Scott
Governor · VT
· 🔗 site
Vermont Agency of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · VT
· 🔗 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