Schedule Changes

  • Schedule Change Policy  

    Students meet with counselors during the spring semester to determine course selection for the following year.  With the assistance of counselors, students have the opportunity to choose their own classes as well as alternate electives, and they have the opportunity to verify those choices and make corrections during the spring semester for the next school year.

     

    Once the schedule is locked, schedule corrections will only be made for the following reasons:

    • A student is placed in a course in error.

    • A student fails a required course making a schedule adjustment necessary for graduation.

    • Additional credit was earned making a schedule adjustment necessary.

    • The student does not have the prerequisites or does not have courses needed for graduation.

    • Change is needed as a result of a student being selected or administratively assigned to or taken out of a program within the school; i.e., intervention, band, athletics, other classes requiring instructor approval.

    • Change is needed to enable a student to graduate in a particular year.

    • Class sizes must be balanced.

    • Courses are canceled.

    Level changes:  A level change (i.e., moving from Honors to the on-level course) may only be requested at the end of the 3rd week, the 6th week, or the end of the first semester. A change may be made if the student has demonstrated a significant effort to do well in the class (attending tutorials, participating in class, asking questions, etc.) and if there has been verified parent/teacher/student communication. Students in honors courses whose grades average below a 60 at the end of the first six weeks or the first semester may be administratively removed to avoid further credit loss. Students in these situations will have a required parent meeting with their counselor and/or administrator. If a change is made, all grades will transfer with the student for eligibility purposes. All level changes must be approved by an administrator. Students are encouraged to take academically rigorous classes every year.