Drop-Adds

Drop-Adds

During the registration process, Hanover High School students should carefully consider their course registration selections. Course drop-adds are possible. Students are not encouraged to change courses, however, except when a course is judged inappropriate in terms of achievement level or skills needed. To help control both the quantity and legitimacy of drop-adds the following policy is strictly followed:

• All drop requests must go through a Guidance Counselor.

• Student-initiated adds must be undertaken within the first five days of a semester. A course add after this period needs the approval of the counselor and the department coordinator.

• All changes of course level must be approved by the department coordinator.

• Student-initiated drops may occur during the first four weeks of a course without consequences to a student’s record.

• Any course dropped after the fourth week will result in an WF (Withdrew Failing) in the student’s record, unless the drop is initiated by a teacher or guidance counselor; in this case the record will indicate W (Withdrawn without penalty) and is not factored into the G.P.A. A teacher or counselor may initiate a course drop only if they are convinced that the student has been mistakenly enrolled in the wrong course and should be allowed to withdraw without penalty. Both the teacher and the counselor must agree about the appropriateness of dropping a course without penalty. Teacher or counselor initiated drops will not be allowed after the 10th week of a course. In cases of extended illness or special circumstances, the above limits may not apply. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis by the school administration.

• Any course dropped by default (meaning that no drop-add procedure was used and the student simply stopped attending) will result in the student’s record showing a WF for the duration of the course that was neglected.