Schedule Change Policy
Each year, students and parents have the opportunity to participate in the Spring Enrollment Conferences where courses are requested for the next school year. Additionally, students have several opportunities to examine and consider the course offerings at LSHS. Those opportunities help to ensure that students and parents are making well-informed choices as they request courses for the upcoming school year. The LSHS schedule is built around those student requests. Therefore, the following criteria will apply to any schedule change request:
Before the first meeting of a class - Schedule changes will not be made unless one of the following criteria is met:
Student does not meet the prerequisite shown in the course description
Student is approved to participate in a work program or to enroll in a course at some other school/college
Administrative reasons based on error, class imbalance, course additions, hour changes, vocational school enrollment, graduation requirements, clerical aides (seniors only), etc.
After the semester begins - Schedule changes will not be made unless one of the following criteria is met:
Student does not meet the prerequisite shown in the course description
Student class placement is inappropriate for ability level
Student is approved to participate in a work program or to enroll in a course at some other school/college
Administrative reasons based on error, class imbalance, course additions, hour changes, vocational school enrollment or graduation requirements
Any schedule change approved after the 9th day of the semester will result in a F grade for the dropped class and student will be placed in a no-credit Learning Lab.
Year-long class change at semester - Students who wish to change out of a year-long class at the end of 1st semester due to a deficient grade (below C-) must meet the following guidelines:
The change must be requested no later than one week before the first semester ends.
Students must pick up a schedule change request for in the Counseling Center.
The teacher and parent must discuss the change and agree that a change is warranted.
After discussion, the student must take a form to the teacher and parent and obtain the required signatures.
The completed change form must be returned to the Counseling Center.
If a schedule change is approved, the student will be notified by his/her counselor and/or administrator.
The student will be placed into a class with available capacity. This may be a credit class or a no-credit Learning Lab.
If the class grade is C- or above, an assistant principal will review the request and determine if a class change is warranted.
The complete schedule change policies can be found in the LSHS Handbook.