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NEWCASTLE ISD

NEWCASTLE, Young County, Texas
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👨‍🎓 227 students 📋 36 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (940)846-3531
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If NEWCASTLE ISD 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: (940)846-3531.

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 Texas

Texas Education Agency — 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 Texas
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 512-454-4816 · 🔗 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 NEWCASTLE ISD 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 NEWCASTLE ISD

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Graham Leader
Local newspaper
11 mi
· 🔍 find “The Graham Leader” online
Olney Enterprise
Local newspaper
12 mi
· 🔍 find “Olney Enterprise” online
Throckmorton Tribune
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “Throckmorton Tribune” online
Archer County News
Local newspaper
29 mi
· 🔍 find “Archer County News” online
Breckenridge American
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Breckenridge American” online
Jacksboro Herald-Gazette
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Jacksboro Herald-Gazette” online
Baylor County Banner
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Baylor County Banner” online
Albany News
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Albany News” online
Palo Pinto Press
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Palo Pinto Press” online
KFDX-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
51 mi
· 🔗 site
KAUZ-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
51 mi
· 🔗 site
KJTL (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
51 mi
· 🔗 site
Times Record News
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Times Record News” online
Clay County Leader
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “Clay County Leader” online
Eastland County Today
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Eastland County Today” online
The Knox County News-Courier
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “The Knox County News-Courier” online
The Bowie News
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “The Bowie News” online
Electra Star-News
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Electra Star-News” online
Burkburnett Informer Star
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Burkburnett Informer Star” online
Stamford American
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Stamford American” online
Weatherford Democrat
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Weatherford Democrat” online
Springtown Epigraph
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Springtown Epigraph” online
Wise County Messenger
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “Wise County Messenger” online
Nocona News
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Nocona News” online
Azle News
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Azle News” online
Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Stephenville Empire-Tribune” online
The Community News
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “The Community News” online
Vernon Daily Record
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Vernon Daily Record” online
De Leon Free Press
Local newspaper
75 mi
· 🔍 find “De Leon Free Press” online
KRBC-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
76 mi
· 🔗 site
KTXS-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
76 mi
· 🔗 site
KXVA (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
76 mi
· 🔗 site
KTAB-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
76 mi
· 🔗 site
Abilene Reporter-News
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “Abilene Reporter-News” online
Cross Plains Review
Local newspaper
76 mi
· 🔍 find “Cross Plains Review” online
Hood County News
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Hood County News” online
The Dublin Citizen
Local newspaper
79 mi
· 🔍 find “The Dublin Citizen” online
The Hamlin Herald
Local newspaper
83 mi
· 🔍 find “The Hamlin Herald” online
Muenster Enterprise
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “Muenster Enterprise” online
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Daily newspaper
87 mi
· 🔗 site

🏛️ Officials for Young County

Office of the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott
Governor · TX
· 🔗 site
Texas Education Agency
State education agency — special-education oversight · TX
· 🔗 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