Schedule Changes

 Students who wish to make a change to their schedule must complete the “Schedule Change Form” prior to the 5th day. This Google Form is made available during the first five school days of each term.  The form closed at 3: 00 p.m. on the fifth day. Schedule requests will be reviewed by administration and guidance. 

Please note that requesting a schedule change does not guarantee the schedule change will occur. Students are not allowed to change schedules after the 5th day of the new semester. Students who drop a course after the fifth day will receive WF, which calculates as an F in the overall GPA. 

Retaking a Course

According to the South Carolina Uniform Grading Policy, students are allowed to retake the same course at the same difficulty level under the following conditions: 

· Only courses in which a grade of a D or F is earned may be retaken. 

· The course in which a grade of a D or F is earned may only be retaken during the current academic year or no later than the next academic school year. 

· The student’s record/transcript will reflect all courses taken and grades earned. 

Credit Recovery 

Students must have previously failed a course to be eligible for credit recovery. Currently ALL credit recovery courses are accessed through Edmentum. Students are eligible for a credit recovery course if they have previously taken and failed an initial credit course. Students must have obtained a grade of 50 or higher in the initial course. Students who have already received credit for a course are ineligible to participate in credit recovery to improve their final grade. 

Per the South Carolina Uniform Grading Policy, with the first day of enrollment in the course as the baseline, students who withdraw from a course within three days in a 45-day course, five days in a 90-day course, or ten days in a 180-day course will do so without penalty. The three-, five-, and ten–day limitations for withdrawing from a course without penalty do not apply to course or course-level changes approved by the administration of a school. Students who withdraw from a course with administrative approval will be given a WP for the course. 

Students who withdraw from a course after the specified time of three days for a 45-day course, five days in a 90-day course, or ten days in a 180-day course without administrative approval, shall be assigned a WF, and the F (as a 50) will be calculated in the students’ overall grade point average. 

Withdrawal limitations for distance learning, dual credit, and virtual courses will be established by local districts in conjunction with partner institutions of higher education and Virtual SC enrollment and withdrawal deadlines. Students who drop out of school or are expelled after the allowed period for withdrawal but before the end of the grading period will be assigned grades in accordance with the following polices: 

• The student will receive a WP if he or she was passing the course. The grade of WP will carry no Carnegie units and no quality points to be factored into the student’s GPA. 

•  The student will receive a WF if he or she was failing the course. The grade of WF will carry no Carnegie units but will be factored into the student’s GPA as a 50. 

Schedules may be changed only if there is a conflict or an extenuating circumstance. At the mid-point of the 1st quarter (26th day), if the student is failing an AP, IB, or Honors course, the student may be rescheduled to the CP course level. Requests for changes in a course level will be accommodated until the close of school on the eighth school day after the end of the first nine weeks in a 180-day course (53rd day). Change requests for semester-long courses will be accommodated until the close of school on the 26th day of school. Students should not be dropped, moved or reassigned to any other class after the designated day as per course length. Requests will be considered provided that the proposed change may not result in a class having over the maximum of 25 students, the proposed change is not in conflict with the master schedule, and if approved by the school principal.