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Northern Lehigh SD

Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
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👨‍🎓 1,627 students 📋 335 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (610)767-9800
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Northern Lehigh SD 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: (610)767-9800.

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 Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 717-236-8110 · 🔗 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 Northern Lehigh SD 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 Northern Lehigh SD

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Times News
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “Times News” online
The Morning Call (Allentown)
Daily newspaper
13 mi
· 🔗 site
WLVT-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
14 mi
· 🔗 site
WFMZ-TV (Independent)
Independent — TV
14 mi
· 🔗 site
The Morning Call
Local newspaper
14 mi
· 🔍 find “The Morning Call” online
The Express-Times
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “The Express-Times” online
Standard-Speaker
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “Standard-Speaker” online
Pocono Record
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Pocono Record” online
The Republican & Herald
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “The Republican & Herald” online
Reading Eagle
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Reading Eagle” online
The Mercury
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mercury” online
Bucks County Herald
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Bucks County Herald” online
WNEP-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
42 mi
· 🔗 site
WYOU (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
42 mi
· 🔗 site
WSWB (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
42 mi
· 🔗 site
WVIA-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
42 mi
· 🔗 site
WOLF-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
42 mi
· 🔗 site
The Times-Tribune
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times-Tribune” online
The Hunterdon County Democrat
Local newspaper
44 mi
· 🔍 find “The Hunterdon County Democrat” online
Times-Tribune (Scranton)
Daily newspaper
45 mi
· 🔗 site
Press Enterprise
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “Press Enterprise” online
Times Herald
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “Times Herald” online
New Jersey Herald
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “New Jersey Herald” online
Courier News
Local newspaper
53 mi
· 🔍 find “Courier News” online
The Daily Local News
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Local News” online
Bucks County Courier Times
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Bucks County Courier Times” online
The Princeton Packet
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “The Princeton Packet” online
Town Topics
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Town Topics” online
Delaware County Daily Times
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Delaware County Daily Times” online
Wayne Independent
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Wayne Independent” online
WNJT (PBS)
PBS — TV
59 mi
· 🔍 find “WNJT (PBS)” online
The Times
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times” online
The Trentonian
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “The Trentonian” online
WGAL (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
60 mi
· 🔗 site
LNP
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “LNP” online
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Daily newspaper
61 mi
· 🔗 site
LNP / LancasterOnline
Daily newspaper
62 mi
· 🔗 site
Daily Record
Local newspaper
63 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Record” online
WNJS (PBS)
PBS — TV
64 mi
· 🔍 find “WNJS (PBS)” online
Burlington County Times
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Burlington County Times” online

🏛️ Officials for Lehigh County

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro
Governor · PA
· 🔗 site
Pennsylvania Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · PA
· 🔗 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