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Rising Stars Academy

Center Line, Macomb County, Michigan
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👨‍🎓 64 students 📋 61 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (586)806-6455
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Rising Stars 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: (586)806-6455.

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 Michigan

Michigan 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 Michigan
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 517-487-1755 · 🔗 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 Rising Stars 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 Rising Stars Academy

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Hamtramck Review
Local newspaper
4 mi
· 🔍 find “Hamtramck Review” online
Daily Tribune
Local newspaper
6 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Tribune” online
St. Clair Shores Sentinel
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “St. Clair Shores Sentinel” online
Grosse Pointe News
Local newspaper
8 mi
· 🔍 find “Grosse Pointe News” online
Troy Times
Local newspaper
9 mi
· 🔍 find “Troy Times” online
WJBK (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WDIV-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WXYZ-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WMYD (Independent)
Independent — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WKBD-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WTVS (PBS)
PBS — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
WWJ-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
9 mi
· 🔗 site
Crain's Detroit Business
Local newspaper
9 mi
· 🔍 find “Crain's Detroit Business” online
Metro Times
Local newspaper
9 mi
· 🔍 find “Metro Times” online
Michigan Chronicle
Local newspaper
9 mi
· 🔍 find “Michigan Chronicle” online
Detroit Free Press
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
The Detroit News
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
The Macomb Daily
Local newspaper
10 mi
· 🔍 find “The Macomb Daily” online
Southfield Sun
Local newspaper
13 mi
· 🔍 find “Southfield Sun” online
Dearborn Times-Herald
Local newspaper
13 mi
· 🔍 find “Dearborn Times-Herald” online
Press and Guide
Local newspaper
13 mi
· 🔍 find “Press and Guide” online
Rochester Post
Local newspaper
18 mi
· 🔍 find “Rochester Post” online
The Oakland Press
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “The Oakland Press” online
The Voice
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “The Voice” online
Farmington Observer
Local newspaper
19 mi
· 🔍 find “Farmington Observer” online
The News-Herald
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “The News-Herald” online
Westland Observer
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “Westland Observer” online
The Lake Orion Review
Local newspaper
22 mi
· 🔍 find “The Lake Orion Review” online
Northville Record
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “Northville Record” online
The Romeo Observer
Local newspaper
23 mi
· 🔍 find “The Romeo Observer” online
Plymouth Observer
Local newspaper
24 mi
· 🔍 find “Plymouth Observer” online
Novi News
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Novi News” online
Clarkston News
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “Clarkston News” online
Oxford Leader
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “Oxford Leader” online
Belleville Area Independent
Local newspaper
30 mi
· 🔍 find “Belleville Area Independent” online
South Lyon Herald
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “South Lyon Herald” online
The Citizen
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “The Citizen” online
Milford Times
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Milford Times” online
Ypsilanti Courier
Local newspaper
35 mi
· 🔍 find “Ypsilanti Courier” online
Tri-City Times
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Tri-City Times” online

🏛️ Officials for Macomb County

Michigan Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · MI
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer
Governor · MI
· 🔗 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