Procedural Guidelines

COURSE LOAD

Students are required to carry a minimum credit load of 5 credits plus Physical Education. Students needing additional credits in order to either 1) progress with their academic program or 2) meet graduation requirements may be required to take additional credits annually.

PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE CHANGES

Dropping a Course

Students may be given permission to drop a course without adding as long as they continue to carry the minimum number of credits as previously indicated.Any course dropped after the “Drop Deadline” will result in a transcript note of “withdraw pass (WP)” or “withdraw fail (WF)”. The drop deadline for both the fall and spring semester courses will be available when the district calendar for next year is set.

Any other request to DROP a course must be combined with an ADD request. Students will generally not be permitted to enroll in a new course beyond the 8th day of the course unless administrative approval is granted. All program changes will be completed only after a request for a program change form has been submitted.  A student must attend the class they have requested to drop until the request is honored.

Change of Level

Students may challenge up or drop down in levels of the same academic course until the deadline for such changes. The deadline for challenging up will be at the conclusion of the third week of the first quarter. It is expected that the student will make up missed work, including summer assignments, by a date set by the teacher. The deadline for students to drop down a challenge   level will be at the conclusion of the second week of the second quarter. When a student moves down a level, any original marking period grades will be multiplied by a factor of 1.05. When a   level change occurs during a marking period, teachers will share a current class average (adjusted by 1.05) with the new course teacher. This average will reflect an equivalent percentage of the grade in the new course.