Prepare for an IEP meeting
A checklist for what to bring, what to ask, and what to write down.
IEP meeting checklistDes Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Special Education Ratings in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
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What an IEP has to include
The parts IDEA requires in the written plan.
What must be in an IEPAsk for an evaluation
How a parent requests a special education evaluation in writing.
Requesting an evaluationAbout Des Moines Independent Comm School District
This district
Des Moines Independent Comm School District is one local education agency in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Agency type: Public school district. The National Center for Education Statistics lists it as district 1908970. 5,215 students with IEPs in 2024-25. A suppressed count is left off, not shown as zero. Confirm a child's district by street address.
Other districts in Polk County
Each of these is its own local education agency. A charter and a county school district in the same place are rated separately.
- Ankeny Comm School District · Ankeny
- West Des Moines Comm School District · West Des Moines
- Southeast Polk Comm School District · Altoona
- Johnston Comm School District · Johnston
- Urbandale Comm School District · Urbandale
- Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District · Bondurant
- North Polk Comm School District · Alleman
- Saydel Comm School District · Des Moines
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- Describe what happened and what helped.
- Leave out a child's identity and staff names.
- No harassment, threats, profanity, or claims you cannot support.
- A difficult experience can stay up when it follows the same rules.
Full district rating guidelines are in the Terms of Service.
How to read the ratings
Ratings describe the experiences of people who chose to write. They are not a survey of every family in the district, and they are not a finding about IDEA compliance.