Schedule Information

Course Selection & Schedule Changes

1. The courses students select will be the basis for the employment of teachers and the development of the master schedule for the upcoming school year. Accordingly, when students and parents sign the course selection sheet, they are considered to have contracted to participate in all requested courses or chosen alternates. 

2. All courses described in this book may not be offered every year. Courses are scheduled based on student requests, class size, and scheduling feasibility. 

3. Be sure to list alternates for all elective courses. Otherwise, if the electives chosen are not available, courses will be scheduled at the discretion of the counselor or principal. 

4. Schedule changes will be limited. Any student wishing to make a revision in their schedule must do so during summer conflict resolution. A summer schedule change will be considered:

1. If a student wishes to attempt to balance the academic load. (These requests will be considered on a space-available basis only.)

2. If a student wishes to sequence courses due to special circumstances. (These requests will be considered on a space-available basis only.)

3. If a student received a course for which they did not request during the IGP process. (When a student selects an alternate, the student has “requested” for that course.)

4. If a student passed a course which they assumed they would fail.

5. If a student failed a course required for graduation.

6. If a student failed a course, requested the course again and was assigned to the same instructor. (Where possible and on a space-available basis.)

5. According to South Carolina state law, students who withdraw from a course after 5 days in a 90-day course or 3 days in a 45-day course will be assigned a WF and the F will be calculated as a 50 in the student’s GPA.

Retaking a Course

Students in grades nine through twelve may retake a course at the same level of difficulty if they have earned a D or an F in that course. Retaking the course means that the student completes the entire course again (not a subset of the course such as through credit or content recovery). If the course being retaken has an End-of-Course exam, the EOC must be retaken. The student’s transcript will reflect both course instances. Only one course attempt and the highest grade earned for the course will be calculated in the GPA. 

A student who has taken a course for a unit of high school credit prior to their ninth-grade year may retake that course regardless of the grade they earned. A student who retakes a high school credit course from middle school must complete it before the beginning of the second year of high school. A student in grades nine through twelve, must retake a course by the end of the next school year or before the next sequential course (whichever comes first). In such a case, only the highest grade will be used in figuring the student’s GPA. The student may not retake the course if the course being replaced has been used as a prerequisite for enrollment in a subsequent course; i.e., a student may not retake Algebra I after having earned credit for a higher-level mathematics course (Geometry, Algebra II).

It is the student’s responsibility to contact their counselor should they fail a course required for graduation and need to retake the following semester. No changes will be made at the beginning of spring term except for reasons 3-6 noted above.