Schedule Changes

At Mount Horeb High School, the instructional program is designed to meet the requests of students for specific classes. This information indicates what classes students would like to take. Based on the student's requests, the number of sections of each course is determined and scheduled. 

The administration determines the Master Schedule and teacher assignment based on student selection of courses. For these reasons, careful selections are crucial. It is very important that students consider all factors when selecting their courses. Being with friends or hearing that a course is easy are not appropriate ways to determine courses. Consideration for future plans should drive what students select. 

Teacher assignment, staffing, and school budgets are based on student course selections made for the upcoming school year. Students and parents are urged to proceed through the course selection process with careful consideration of the high school curriculum and their student‘s post high school plans. 

Changing a course selection is a serious matter. Our schedule is constructed on the number of original student course requests. Once the creation of student schedules is complete, changes are difficult to make. Based on the criteria below, schedule changes will be made on a case-by-case basis beginning one week prior to the start of the school year: 

1. The student failed a course and must add a course for graduation requirement satisfaction. 

2. The student enrolled in Start College Now, Early College Credit, Youth Apprenticeship, or Work Co-op/Work Experience. 

3. A teacher initiated a schedule change. 

4. The IEP Team (special education) initiated a schedule change. 

5. The PST Team (pupil services team) initiated a schedule change. 

6. An error was found in the schedule (i.e. biology was scheduled for one semester and should be two). 

Students are not allowed to add or drop a course to select a specific teacher, study hall, lunch period, or class with friends. Students will not be added to courses that are at capacity. Students will not be dropped from a course which results in the course falling below the minimum number of students to run a course. Please be sure to select courses carefully, as very few changes will be made to schedules. 

If a course is dropped within 3 days of the start of a semester, the class will not appear on the student’s transcript. If the drop is initiated by a teacher or academic team after 3 days, the grade of “WD” for withdrawal will be on the student’s transcript. Any withdrawal from a course without teacher/academic team approval, more than 3 days after the start of the course, will result in an “F” being posted on the transcript and figured into the student’s GPA. Students retaking a failed course, and passing the course, will have the initial “F” changed to an “R” to reflect a retake. “WD” and “R” are not figured into a student’s GPA. (Policy 345.1)