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Side By Side Charter School District

Norwalk, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
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👨‍🎓 236 students 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (203)857-0306
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If Side By Side Charter School District 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: (203)857-0306.

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 Connecticut

Connecticut State 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 Connecticut
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 860-297-4300 · 🔗 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 Side By Side Charter School District 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 Side By Side Charter School District

Systemic problems get fixed when they become public. Below is local press near this district and the officials responsible for Western Connecticut Planning Region.

📰 Local newsrooms

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The Hour
Local newspaper
2 mi
· 🔍 find “The Hour” online
The Darien Times
Local newspaper
4 mi
· 🔍 find “The Darien Times” online
Westport News
Local newspaper
5 mi
· 🔍 find “Westport News” online
The New Canaan Advertiser
Local newspaper
5 mi
· 🔍 find “The New Canaan Advertiser” online
The Advocate
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “The Advocate” online
The Wilton Bulletin
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “The Wilton Bulletin” online
Greenwich Time
Local newspaper
12 mi
· 🔍 find “Greenwich Time” online
WEDW (PBS)
PBS — TV
12 mi
· 🔍 find “WEDW (PBS)” online
Connecticut Post
Local newspaper
12 mi
· 🔍 find “Connecticut Post” online
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport)
Daily newspaper
13 mi
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The Ridgefield Press
Local newspaper
15 mi
· 🔍 find “The Ridgefield Press” online
The Journal News
Local newspaper
18 mi
· 🔍 find “The Journal News” online
The News-Times
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “The News-Times” online
Newsday
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “Newsday” online
The Newtown Bee
Local newspaper
21 mi
· 🔍 find “The Newtown Bee” online
WTNH (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
29 mi
· 🔗 site
New Haven Register
Daily newspaper
30 mi
· 🔗 site
WCCT-TV (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
37 mi
· 🔗 site
Republican-American
Local newspaper
37 mi
· 🔍 find “Republican-American” online
Town Times
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Town Times” online
WCBS-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
38 mi
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WNBC (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
38 mi
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WNYW (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
38 mi
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WABC-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
38 mi
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WPIX (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
38 mi
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WLIW (PBS)
PBS — TV
38 mi
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WLNY-TV (Independent)
Independent — TV
38 mi
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New York Amsterdam News
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “New York Amsterdam News” online
The New York Times
Daily newspaper
40 mi
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New York Daily News
Daily newspaper
40 mi
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New York Post
Daily newspaper
40 mi
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WXTV-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
41 mi
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The Record (North Jersey)
Daily newspaper
41 mi
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Record-Journal
Local newspaper
44 mi
· 🔍 find “Record-Journal” online
WNJN (PBS)
PBS — TV
46 mi
· 🔍 find “WNJN (PBS)” online
The Montclair Times
Local newspaper
46 mi
· 🔍 find “The Montclair Times” online
The Star-Ledger (NJ.com)
Daily newspaper
46 mi
· 🔗 site
WNET (PBS)
PBS — TV
47 mi
· 🔗 site
The Star-Ledger
Local newspaper
47 mi
· 🔍 find “The Star-Ledger” online
Staten Island Advance
Local newspaper
48 mi
· 🔍 find “Staten Island Advance” online

🏛️ Officials for Western Connecticut Planning Region

Connecticut State Department of Education
State education agency — special-education oversight · CT
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Connecticut Ned Lamont
Governor · CT
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of Connecticut Ned Lamont
Governor · CT
· 🔗 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