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New Shoreham

Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island
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👨‍🎓 126 students 📋 21 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (401)466-7727
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If New Shoreham 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: (401)466-7727.

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 Rhode Island

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 401-831-3150 · 🔗 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 Shoreham 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 Shoreham

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Westerly Sun
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “The Westerly Sun” online
The Newport Daily News
Daily newspaper
26 mi
· 🔗 site
The Day
Local newspaper
31 mi
· 🔍 find “The Day” online
Kent County Daily Times
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “Kent County Daily Times” online
The Bulletin
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “The Bulletin” online
The Herald News
Local newspaper
44 mi
· 🔍 find “The Herald News” online
Standard-Times
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “Standard-Times” online
The Providence Journal
Daily newspaper
46 mi
· 🔗 site
WJAR (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
46 mi
· 🔗 site
WPRI-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
46 mi
· 🔗 site
WSBE-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
46 mi
· 🔍 find “WSBE-TV (PBS)” online
WNAC-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
46 mi
· 🔗 site
The Times
Local newspaper
50 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times” online
The Chronicle
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “The Chronicle” online
The Wanderer
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “The Wanderer” online
The Martha's Vineyard Times
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “The Martha's Vineyard Times” online
The Sun Chronicle
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “The Sun Chronicle” online
Vineyard Gazette
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Vineyard Gazette” online
The Falmouth Enterprise
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “The Falmouth Enterprise” online
Taunton Daily Gazette
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Taunton Daily Gazette” online
The Call
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “The Call” online
The Webster Times
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “The Webster Times” online
The Middletown Press
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “The Middletown Press” online
The Mashpee Enterprise
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mashpee Enterprise” online
Journal Inquirer
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Journal Inquirer” online
The Milford Daily News
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “The Milford Daily News” online
The Enterprise
Local newspaper
69 mi
· 🔍 find “The Enterprise” online
Record-Journal
Local newspaper
69 mi
· 🔍 find “Record-Journal” online
Hartford Courant
Daily newspaper
71 mi
· 🔗 site
WFSB (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
71 mi
· 🔗 site
WUVN (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
71 mi
· 🔗 site
WEDH (PBS)
PBS — TV
71 mi
· 🔍 find “WEDH (PBS)” online
WTIC-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
71 mi
· 🔗 site
New Haven Register
Daily newspaper
72 mi
· 🔗 site
WTNH (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
72 mi
· 🔗 site
WVIT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
72 mi
· 🔗 site
New Britain Herald
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “New Britain Herald” online
Hopkinton Independent
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Hopkinton Independent” online
Cape Cod Times
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Cape Cod Times” online
The Barnstable Patriot
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “The Barnstable Patriot” online

🏛️ Officials for Washington County

Office of the Governor of Rhode Island Daniel McKee
Governor · RI
· 🔗 site
Rhode Island Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · RI
· 🔗 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