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Roanoke County Public Schools

Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia
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👨‍🎓 13,735 students 📋 2,264 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (540)562-3900
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Roanoke County Public Schools 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: (540)562-3900.

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 Virginia

Virginia 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 Law Center of Virginia
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 804-225-2042 · 🔗 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 Roanoke County Public Schools 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 Roanoke County Public Schools

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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WDBJ (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WSLS-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WBRA-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
WFXR (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
5 mi
· 🔗 site
Roanoke Times
Local newspaper
5 mi
· 🔍 find “Roanoke Times” online
The Roanoke Times
Daily newspaper
6 mi
· 🔗 site
Bedford Bulletin
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Bedford Bulletin” online
Virginian Review
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Virginian Review” online
Floyd Press
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “Floyd Press” online
Radford News Journal
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Radford News Journal” online
WVNS-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
41 mi
· 🔗 site
Mountain Messenger
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Mountain Messenger” online
West Virginia Daily News
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “West Virginia Daily News” online
Altavista Journal
Local newspaper
42 mi
· 🔍 find “Altavista Journal” online
News-Gazette
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “News-Gazette” online
Martinsville Bulletin
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Martinsville Bulletin” online
Southwest Times
Local newspaper
45 mi
· 🔍 find “Southwest Times” online
WSET-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
47 mi
· 🔗 site
News & Advance
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “News & Advance” online
Star-Tribune
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “Star-Tribune” online
The News & Advance (Lynchburg)
Daily newspaper
49 mi
· 🔗 site
Carroll News
Local newspaper
56 mi
· 🔍 find “Carroll News” online
Amherst New Era-Progress
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “Amherst New Era-Progress” online
Danville Register & Bee
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Danville Register & Bee” online
Wytheville Enterprise
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Wytheville Enterprise” online
The Mount Airy News
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mount Airy News” online
Times-Virginian
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Times-Virginian” online
WVVA (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
66 mi
· 🔗 site
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “Bluefield Daily Telegraph” online
The Gazette
Local newspaper
67 mi
· 🔍 find “The Gazette” online
Register-Herald
Local newspaper
73 mi
· 🔍 find “Register-Herald” online
News Leader
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “News Leader” online
The Recorder
Local newspaper
78 mi
· 🔍 find “The Recorder” online
News Virginian
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “News Virginian” online
Clinch Valley News
Local newspaper
83 mi
· 🔍 find “Clinch Valley News” online
Winston-Salem Journal
Daily newspaper
85 mi
· 🔗 site
WFMY-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
87 mi
· 🔗 site
WGHP (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
87 mi
· 🔗 site
WXII-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
87 mi
· 🔗 site
WCWG (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
87 mi
· 🔗 site

🏛️ Officials for Roanoke County

Office of the Governor of Virginia Abigail Spanberger
Governor · VA
· 🔗 site
Virginia Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · VA
· 🔗 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