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New Castle Community School Corp

New Castle, Henry County, Indiana
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👨‍🎓 2,881 students 📋 686 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (765)521-7201
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If New Castle Community School Corp 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: (765)521-7201.

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 Indiana

Indiana Department of Education — Special-Education Dispute Resolution
File a state complaint (IDEA), request mediation, or a due-process hearing

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.

Indiana Disability Rights
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 317-722-5555 · 🔗 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 New Castle Community School Corp 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 New Castle Community School Corp

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Courier-Times
Local newspaper
1 mi
· 🔍 find “The Courier-Times” online
The Star Press
Local newspaper
17 mi
· 🔍 find “The Star Press” online
Rushville Republican
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “Rushville Republican” online
Anderson Herald Bulletin
Local newspaper
22 mi
· 🔍 find “Anderson Herald Bulletin” online
News Examiner
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “News Examiner” online
Daily Reporter
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Reporter” online
Palladium-Item
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Palladium-Item” online
Shelbyville News
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Shelbyville News” online
Hartford City News-Times
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Hartford City News-Times” online
WTTV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
40 mi
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WRTV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
40 mi
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WISH-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
40 mi
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WTHR (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
40 mi
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WFYI (PBS)
PBS — TV
40 mi
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WXIN (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
40 mi
· 🔗 site
The Indianapolis Recorder
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “The Indianapolis Recorder” online
Greensburg Daily News
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Greensburg Daily News” online
The Indianapolis Star
Daily newspaper
43 mi
· 🔗 site
The Herald Tribune
Local newspaper
44 mi
· 🔍 find “The Herald Tribune” online
Daily Journal of Johnson County
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Journal of Johnson County” online
Chronicle-Tribune
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Chronicle-Tribune” online
Kokomo Tribune
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Kokomo Tribune” online
Bluffton News Banner
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Bluffton News Banner” online
The Republic
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “The Republic” online
Lebanon Reporter
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Lebanon Reporter” online
Journal-News
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Journal-News” online
Piqua Daily Call
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Piqua Daily Call” online
Dayton Daily News
Daily newspaper
64 mi
· 🔗 site
The Times
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times” online
Reporter Times
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Reporter Times” online
Decatur Daily Democrat
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “Decatur Daily Democrat” online
Indiana Plain Dealer
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “Indiana Plain Dealer” online
WDTN (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
69 mi
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WHIO-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
69 mi
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WPTD (PBS)
PBS — TV
69 mi
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WKEF (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
69 mi
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WBDT (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
69 mi
· 🔗 site
The Sidney Daily News
Local newspaper
69 mi
· 🔍 find “The Sidney Daily News” online
Boone County Recorder
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “Boone County Recorder” online
Seymour Tribune
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Seymour Tribune” online

🏛️ Officials for Henry County

Indiana Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · IN
· 🔍 find “Indiana Department of Education” online
Office of the Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb
Governor · IN
· 🔗 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