Special education and Section 504 advocates for Monongalia County Schools families in Morgantown.
3 virtual advocates who work with West Virginia schools
Advocates work for you, not for the school. That is the whole difference.
The search usually starts the week a parent reads an evaluation report and cannot tell from it whether Morgantown schools are offering enough.
After the meeting the work is dull. The advocate reads the draft against the notes and sends a correction back the same week.
Read the evaluation report twice. The second read is where the missing service usually shows up.
These advocates are not based in West Virginia. They join IEP meetings by video or phone, which IDEA allows when you and the school agree.
Virtual · based in Hawthorne, NJ · works with West Virginia schools
IEP Consultant, School Social Worker, Advocacy
I am a Child Study Team School Social Worker, with a Master of Social Work from Fordham University. I have core competencies in special education law, mental health, and behavioral health.
Virtual · based in Los Angeles, CA · works with West Virginia schools
Strategic Special Education Advocate
I combine the precision of a Columbia Law attorney with over a decade of special education leadership to help Los Angeles families navigate the IEP process with clarity, confidence, and results.
Virtual · based in Midland, TX · works with West Virginia schools
Special Education Advocate
Kate Keenan is a special education advocate serving families in Midland, TX.
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Monongalia County Schools runs the IEP meetings for most Morgantown students, and its special education staff will be on the other side of the table when you walk in.
A Huntington parent group can tell you how the same district handled a case like yours, which is worth more to read than a policy page.
Confirm your child's district by address before you send a letter or name a district-specific process.
The clock that matters starts when you sign consent. In West Virginia it runs 80 calendar days.
Put the request in writing and date it. An email to the Morgantown school counts as writing.
West Virginia gives a school district 80 calendar days to finish an initial special education evaluation. A written request for an evaluation has to be answered inside 10 school days. Missed deadlines are handled by the West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Special Education, which takes written state complaints from parents.
The West Virginia Department of Education oversees special education in West Virginia. It does not license the advocates parents hire.
Check the references and not the letters after the name. Two calls to past clients settle it faster than any credential list.
No advocate can promise a placement or an outcome in Morgantown. Anyone who does is selling you something.
Monongalia County Schools is allowed to say no. What it is not allowed to do is say no without written notice that explains the reason.
Video is normal now. 25 of the advocates listed for Morgantown work with families by phone or video instead of driving to the school.
Experience with Monongalia County Schools matters more than the number of years printed on a profile page.
Answers about hiring a special education advocate in Morgantown, West Virginia, including cost, timing, virtual support, and Section 504 help.
What do special education advocates charge in Morgantown, West Virginia?
Rates run $75 to $250 per hour. What moves the number is experience, the type of case, and whether anyone has to drive to the meeting. Profiles here show the rate when the advocate publishes one.
Do I need an advocate for a routine annual review?
No fixed trigger exists. The useful test is whether you can tell from the paperwork what the school is actually offering, and whether the last thing you asked for came back in writing.
Who runs special education for Morgantown schools?
Most of the city sits inside Monongalia County Schools. The district writes the plan and holds the special education budget, which is why a complaint about a missed service names the district and not the school.
What is the evaluation deadline in West Virginia?
West Virginia sets its own deadline and it is 80 calendar days. Federal law lets a state do that, so a timeline a parent reads on a national site may not be the one running here.
Where does a written special education complaint go?
Three routes stay open when you disagree. Mediation is voluntary for both sides, a written state complaint is decided on the record by the West Virginia Department of Education, and a due process hearing takes evidence.
Official West Virginia links for parents in Morgantown.
Last reviewed 2026-08-11.
The same West Virginia rules apply in Huntington, Parkersburg, Charleston, Wheeling and the other cities listed here, or see every West Virginia advocate.
Print the current IEP and bring it to the first call. Every advocate on the Morgantown list will ask for it.
Have the most recent Monongalia County Schools progress report open on the first call. It shows whether the goals moved at all.
