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Phillis Wheatley Community School

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
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👨‍🎓 777 students 📋 92 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (504)373-6260
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Phillis Wheatley Community School 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: (504)373-6260.

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 Louisiana

Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 504-522-2337 · 🔗 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 Phillis Wheatley Community School 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 Phillis Wheatley Community School

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
Daily newspaper
1 mi
· 🔗 site
WWL-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WDSU (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WVUE-DT (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WYES-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WGNO (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WNOL-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
The Times-Picayune
Local newspaper
5 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times-Picayune” online
St. Bernard Voice
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “St. Bernard Voice” online
St. Charles Herald-Guide
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “St. Charles Herald-Guide” online
KGLA-DT (TELEMUNDO)
TELEMUNDO affiliate — TV
45 mi
· 🔗 site
Daily Star
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Star” online
The Daily Comet
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Comet” online
Picayune Item
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “Picayune Item” online
Sea Coast Echo
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “Sea Coast Echo” online
The Courier
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “The Courier” online
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
Local newspaper
54 mi
· 🔍 find “Gonzales Weekly Citizen” online
Donaldsonville Chief
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Donaldsonville Chief” online
Bogalusa Daily News
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Bogalusa Daily News” online
Long Beach Breeze
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Long Beach Breeze” online
Franklinton Era-Leader
Local newspaper
61 mi
· 🔍 find “Franklinton Era-Leader” online
Morgan City Review
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “Morgan City Review” online
WXXV-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
65 mi
· 🔗 site
Sun Herald (Biloxi/Gulfport)
Daily newspaper
66 mi
· 🔗 site
Post South
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Post South” online
WBRZ-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
WAFB (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
WLPB-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
74 mi
· 🔍 find “WLPB-TV (PBS)” online
WVLA-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
WGMB-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
74 mi
· 🔗 site
The Advocate
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “The Advocate” online
The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Daily newspaper
74 mi
· 🔗 site
WLOX (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
77 mi
· 🔗 site
Biloxi-D'Iberville Press
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Biloxi-D'Iberville Press” online
Sun Herald
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “Sun Herald” online
Stone County Enterprise
Local newspaper
83 mi
· 🔍 find “Stone County Enterprise” online
Ocean Springs Record
Local newspaper
84 mi
· 🔍 find “Ocean Springs Record” online
St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune” online
Enterprise-Journal
Local newspaper
89 mi
· 🔍 find “Enterprise-Journal” online
Columbian-Progress
Local newspaper
90 mi
· 🔍 find “Columbian-Progress” online

🏛️ Officials for Orleans Parish

Louisiana Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · LA
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Louisiana Jeff Landry
Governor · LA
· 🔍 find “Office of the Governor of Louisiana” online
Office of the Governor of Louisiana John Bel Edwards
Governor · LA
· 🔍 find “Office of the Governor of Louisiana” 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