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Orion Academy

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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👨‍🎓 460 students 📋 63 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (513)251-6000
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Orion Academy 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: (513)251-6000.

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 Ohio

Ohio 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.

Disability Rights Ohio
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 614-466-7264 · 🔗 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 Orion Academy 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 Orion Academy

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Daily newspaper
3 mi
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Boone County Recorder
Local newspaper
12 mi
· 🔍 find “Boone County Recorder” online
WLWT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
15 mi
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WCPO-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
15 mi
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WKRC-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
15 mi
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WXIX-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
15 mi
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WCET (PBS)
PBS — TV
15 mi
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Journal-News
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “Journal-News” online
Grant County News
Local newspaper
29 mi
· 🔍 find “Grant County News” online
The Herald Tribune
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “The Herald Tribune” online
Bracken County News
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Bracken County News” online
News Examiner
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “News Examiner” online
Dayton Daily News
Daily newspaper
48 mi
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WDTN (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
50 mi
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WHIO-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
50 mi
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WPTD (PBS)
PBS — TV
50 mi
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WKEF (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
50 mi
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WBDT (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
50 mi
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Xenia Daily Gazette
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Xenia Daily Gazette” online
Greensburg Daily News
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “Greensburg Daily News” online
The Times-Gazette
Local newspaper
51 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times-Gazette” online
Palladium-Item
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “Palladium-Item” online
Madison Courier
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “Madison Courier” online
Cynthiana Democrat
Local newspaper
52 mi
· 🔍 find “Cynthiana Democrat” online
Fairborn Daily Herald
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “Fairborn Daily Herald” online
The Ledger Independent
Local newspaper
55 mi
· 🔍 find “The Ledger Independent” online
Rushville Republican
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Rushville Republican” online
Henry County Local
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Henry County Local” online
Bourbon County Citizen
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Bourbon County Citizen” online
State Journal
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “State Journal” online
Springfield News-Sun
Local newspaper
68 mi
· 🔍 find “Springfield News-Sun” online
The Courier-Times
Local newspaper
70 mi
· 🔍 find “The Courier-Times” online
Shelbyville News
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “Shelbyville News” online
Seymour Tribune
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Seymour Tribune” online
Piqua Daily Call
Local newspaper
72 mi
· 🔍 find “Piqua Daily Call” online
The Republic
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “The Republic” online
Lexington Herald-Leader
Daily newspaper
75 mi
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WLEX-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
77 mi
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WKYT-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
77 mi
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WTVQ-DT (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
77 mi
· 🔗 site

🏛️ Officials for Hamilton County

Office of the Governor of Ohio Mike DeWine
Governor · OH
· 🔗 site
Ohio Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · OH
· 🔍 find “Ohio Department of Education” online
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