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Rosa Parks Charter High School

ROCHESTER, Olmsted County, Minnesota
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📋 17 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (507)282-3325
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Rosa Parks Charter High 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: (507)282-3325.

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 Minnesota

Minnesota 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.

Minnesota Disability Law Center
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 612-334-5970 · 🔗 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 Rosa Parks Charter High 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 Rosa Parks Charter High School

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

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Post Bulletin (Rochester)
Daily newspaper
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KAAL (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
6 mi
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KTTC (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
6 mi
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KSMQ-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
6 mi
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KXLT-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
6 mi
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Post-Bulletin
Local newspaper
6 mi
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Austin Daily Herald
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Austin Daily Herald” online
Winona Daily News
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Winona Daily News” online
Red Wing Republican Eagle
Local newspaper
40 mi
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Owatonna People's Press
Local newspaper
41 mi
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Buffalo County Journal
Local newspaper
43 mi
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Faribault Daily News
Local newspaper
48 mi
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Northfield News
Local newspaper
50 mi
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The Durand Courier-Wedge
Local newspaper
50 mi
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Pierce County Herald
Local newspaper
52 mi
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Albert Lea Tribune
Local newspaper
53 mi
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Hastings Star Gazette
Local newspaper
55 mi
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Onalaska Community Life
Local newspaper
59 mi
· 🔍 find “Onalaska Community Life” online
WKBT-DT (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
61 mi
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WXOW (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
61 mi
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WLAX (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
61 mi
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La Crosse Tribune
Local newspaper
61 mi
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River Falls Journal
Local newspaper
61 mi
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Charles City Press
Local newspaper
65 mi
· 🔍 find “Charles City Press” online
The Dunn County News
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “The Dunn County News” online
Globe Gazette
Local newspaper
70 mi
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Hudson Star-Observer
Local newspaper
71 mi
· 🔍 find “Hudson Star-Observer” online
WEAU (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
71 mi
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WQOW (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
71 mi
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WHWC-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
71 mi
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Leader-Telegram
Local newspaper
71 mi
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Local newspaper
72 mi
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Pioneer Press (St. Paul)
Daily newspaper
75 mi
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The Colfax Messenger
Local newspaper
77 mi
· 🔍 find “The Colfax Messenger” online
Monroe County Herald
Local newspaper
79 mi
· 🔍 find “Monroe County Herald” online
Westby Times
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Westby Times” online
KEYC-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
80 mi
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Free Press, The
Local newspaper
80 mi
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Banner Journal
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Banner Journal” online
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Daily newspaper
81 mi
· 🔗 site

🏛️ Officials for Olmsted County

Minnesota Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · MN
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz
Governor · MN
· 🔗 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