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Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

COLUMBUS, Lowndes County, Mississippi
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👨‍🎓 240 students 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (662)329-7670
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science 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: (662)329-7670.

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 Mississippi

Mississippi 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 Mississippi
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 601-968-0600 · 🔗 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 Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science 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 Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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WCBI-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
3 mi
· 🔗 site
The Commercial Dispatch
Local newspaper
3 mi
· 🔍 find “The Commercial Dispatch” online
WLOV-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
18 mi
· 🔗 site
Daily Times Leader
Local newspaper
18 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Times Leader” online
Starkville Daily News
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “Starkville Daily News” online
Pickens County Herald
Local newspaper
24 mi
· 🔍 find “Pickens County Herald” online
Times-Record
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Times-Record” online
Northport Gazette
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Northport Gazette” online
Tuscaloosa News
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “Tuscaloosa News” online
WTVA (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
55 mi
· 🔗 site
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal” online
Sumter County Record-Journal
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Sumter County Record-Journal” online
Neshoba Democrat
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Neshoba Democrat” online
Daily Mountain Eagle
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Mountain Eagle” online
New Albany Gazette
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “New Albany Gazette” online
Demopolis Times
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Demopolis Times” online
WTOK-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
80 mi
· 🔗 site
WMDN (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
80 mi
· 🔍 find “WMDN (CBS)” online
WGBC (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
80 mi
· 🔗 site
Meridian Star
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Meridian Star” online
Franklin County Times
Local newspaper
81 mi
· 🔍 find “Franklin County Times” online
Daily Star
Local newspaper
82 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Star” online
Western Star
Local newspaper
85 mi
· 🔍 find “Western Star” online
Oxford Eagle
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “Oxford Eagle” online
Democrat-Reporter
Local newspaper
90 mi
· 🔍 find “Democrat-Reporter” online
The Birmingham News (AL.com)
Daily newspaper
93 mi
· 🔗 site
North Jefferson News
Local newspaper
93 mi
· 🔍 find “North Jefferson News” online
WBRC (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WVTM-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WIAT (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WBIQ (PBS)
PBS — TV
93 mi
· 🔍 find “WBIQ (PBS)” online
Birmingham News
Local newspaper
93 mi
· 🔍 find “Birmingham News” online
Daily Corinthian
Local newspaper
100 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Corinthian” online

🏛️ Officials for Lowndes County

Mississippi Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · MS
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Mississippi Tate Reeves
Governor · MS
· 🔗 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