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SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

BRONX, Bronx County, New York
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👨‍🎓 349 students 🗣️ 0 parent reports ☎️ (646)470-5594
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🛟 How to fight for your child's IEP — and who to call

If SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY 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: (646)470-5594.

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 New York

New York State Education Department — 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 New York
Protection & Advocacy — free legal help for special-education & disability rights
☎️ 518-432-7861 · 🔗 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 SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY 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 SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

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

📰 Local newsrooms

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WCBS-TV (CBS)
CBS affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WNBC (NBC)
NBC affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WNYW (FOX)
FOX affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WABC-TV (ABC)
ABC affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WPIX (CW)
CW affiliate — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WLIW (PBS)
PBS — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
WLNY-TV (Independent)
Independent — TV
7 mi
· 🔗 site
New York Amsterdam News
Local newspaper
7 mi
· 🔍 find “New York Amsterdam News” online
The New York Times
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
New York Daily News
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
New York Post
Daily newspaper
10 mi
· 🔗 site
WXTV-DT (UNIVISION)
UNIVISION affiliate — TV
15 mi
· 🔗 site
The Record (North Jersey)
Daily newspaper
15 mi
· 🔗 site
The Star-Ledger (NJ.com)
Daily newspaper
15 mi
· 🔗 site
WNET (PBS)
PBS — TV
15 mi
· 🔗 site
The Star-Ledger
Local newspaper
15 mi
· 🔍 find “The Star-Ledger” online
The Journal News
Local newspaper
16 mi
· 🔍 find “The Journal News” online
WNJN (PBS)
PBS — TV
16 mi
· 🔍 find “WNJN (PBS)” online
The Montclair Times
Local newspaper
16 mi
· 🔍 find “The Montclair Times” online
Staten Island Advance
Local newspaper
17 mi
· 🔍 find “Staten Island Advance” online
Greenwich Time
Local newspaper
20 mi
· 🔍 find “Greenwich Time” online
The Item of Millburn and Short Hills
Local newspaper
22 mi
· 🔍 find “The Item of Millburn and Short Hills” online
WNJU (TELEMUNDO)
TELEMUNDO affiliate — TV
23 mi
· 🔗 site
The Advocate
Local newspaper
25 mi
· 🔍 find “The Advocate” online
The Westfield Leader
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “The Westfield Leader” online
Daily Record
Local newspaper
26 mi
· 🔍 find “Daily Record” online
Newsday
Local newspaper
27 mi
· 🔍 find “Newsday” online
The Darien Times
Local newspaper
28 mi
· 🔍 find “The Darien Times” online
The New Canaan Advertiser
Local newspaper
31 mi
· 🔍 find “The New Canaan Advertiser” online
The Hour
Local newspaper
32 mi
· 🔍 find “The Hour” online
The Two River Times
Local newspaper
34 mi
· 🔍 find “The Two River Times” online
The Wilton Bulletin
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “The Wilton Bulletin” online
Westport News
Local newspaper
36 mi
· 🔍 find “Westport News” online
WNJB (PBS)
PBS — TV
37 mi
· 🔍 find “WNJB (PBS)” online
Home News Tribune
Local newspaper
38 mi
· 🔍 find “Home News Tribune” online
The Ridgefield Press
Local newspaper
39 mi
· 🔍 find “The Ridgefield Press” online
Courier News
Local newspaper
41 mi
· 🔍 find “Courier News” online
Asbury Park Press
Daily newspaper
42 mi
· 🔗 site
WEDW (PBS)
PBS — TV
43 mi
· 🔍 find “WEDW (PBS)” online
Connecticut Post
Local newspaper
43 mi
· 🔍 find “Connecticut Post” online

🏛️ Officials for Bronx County

New York State Education Department
State education agency — special-education oversight · NY
· 🔗 site
Office of the Governor of New York Kathy Hochul
Governor · NY
· 🔗 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