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Russell Independent

Flatwoods, Greenup County, Kentucky
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👨‍🎓 2,053 students 📋 302 students with IEPs 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (606)836-9679
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Russell Independent 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: (606)836-9679.

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 Kentucky

Kentucky 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.

Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 502-564-2967 · 🔗 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 Russell Independent 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 Russell Independent

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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Ironton Tribune
Local newspaper
3 mi
· 🔍 find “Ironton Tribune” online
The Daily Independent
Local newspaper
5 mi
· 🔍 find “The Daily Independent” online
The Herald-Dispatch (Huntington)
Daily newspaper
16 mi
· 🔗 site
WSAZ-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
17 mi
· 🔗 site
WOWK-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
17 mi
· 🔗 site
Herald-Dispatch
Local newspaper
17 mi
· 🔍 find “Herald-Dispatch” online
Portsmouth Daily Times
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “Portsmouth Daily Times” online
Wayne County News
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “Wayne County News” online
The Big Sandy News
Local newspaper
30 mi
· 🔍 find “The Big Sandy News” online
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Local newspaper
33 mi
· 🔍 find “Gallipolis Daily Tribune” online
Point Pleasant Register
Local newspaper
40 mi
· 🔍 find “Point Pleasant Register” online
The Paintsville Herald
Local newspaper
49 mi
· 🔍 find “The Paintsville Herald” online
The Ledger Independent
Local newspaper
57 mi
· 🔍 find “The Ledger Independent” online
Chillicothe Gazette
Local newspaper
58 mi
· 🔍 find “Chillicothe Gazette” online
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Daily newspaper
60 mi
· 🔗 site
WCHS-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
60 mi
· 🔗 site
WVPB-TV (PBS)
PBS — TV
60 mi
· 🔍 find “WVPB-TV (PBS)” online
State Journal
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “State Journal” online
Floyd County Chronicle & Times
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “Floyd County Chronicle & Times” online
Logan Banner
Local newspaper
60 mi
· 🔍 find “Logan Banner” online
Bath County News Outlook
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Bath County News Outlook” online
Williamson Daily News
Local newspaper
62 mi
· 🔍 find “Williamson Daily News” online
The Athens Messenger
Local newspaper
64 mi
· 🔍 find “The Athens Messenger” online
The Times-Gazette
Local newspaper
66 mi
· 🔍 find “The Times-Gazette” online
Bracken County News
Local newspaper
74 mi
· 🔍 find “Bracken County News” online
Wirt County Journal
Local newspaper
80 mi
· 🔍 find “Wirt County Journal” online
WTAP-TV (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
82 mi
· 🔗 site
Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Local newspaper
82 mi
· 🔍 find “Parkersburg News and Sentinel” online
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
Local newspaper
83 mi
· 🔍 find “Lancaster Eagle-Gazette” online
Bourbon County Citizen
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “Bourbon County Citizen” online
Cynthiana Democrat
Local newspaper
86 mi
· 🔍 find “Cynthiana Democrat” online
The Winchester Sun
Local newspaper
88 mi
· 🔍 find “The Winchester Sun” online
WYMT-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
91 mi
· 🔗 site
WLWT (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WCPO-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WKRC-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WXIX-TV (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
WCET (PBS)
PBS — TV
93 mi
· 🔗 site
Register-Herald
Local newspaper
96 mi
· 🔍 find “Register-Herald” online
The Mountain Eagle
Local newspaper
97 mi
· 🔍 find “The Mountain Eagle” online

🏛️ Officials for Greenup County

Kentucky Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · KY
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear
Governor · KY
· 🔗 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