Southwest Scheduling Info

Once students submit final course registration information in the spring, those requests are the primary source used for the upcoming academic year's budget, staffing, and are used to create the school's building course schedule. Thus, altering student schedules after the registration process is complete is challenging and limited.

Students will only be able to make changes to their schedules at the beginning of the year if there is a course level mistake, duplicate class, or a gap in their schedule. Students will not be able to request elective changes for the 2025-26 school year. Electives will not be changed at the start of quarter 3 unless there is an error in the student's schedule (duplicate classes, gap in schedule, wrong class level). Students must follow the Southwest schedule change request process and, by submitting a scheduling request, students agree to the student scheduling expectations and agreements that are outlined below. Schedule change requests may be emailed to the student's counselor or in person in the cafeteria during lunch for the first week of class. 

Student Scheduling Expectations & Agreements

• Students are expected to always follow the official schedule in their Student Portal and attend all classes as such. Submitting a schedule change request does not mean the change will be possible to make, and therefore students are not to begin attending their new, preferred class unless they see a change to their schedule in Portal. Students cannot attend a class that is not on their schedule in Student Portal.

• Students should check Student Portal at least daily for any schedule change updates during the schedule change window.

• Agree/understand that teacher and/or lunch and/or class period preference requests will not be processed.

• Agree/understand that release periods are available to seniors only, and seniors are only permitted one release period. Any request for a release period from a student in 9th-11th grade, or from a senior who already has a release period, will not be considered.

• Release periods are only available during 1st or 6th period and students are expected to be out of the building during their release period.

• Agree/understand by submitting a schedule change request it may rearrange other course periods, lunch, and/or change teachers.

• Agree/understand all processed schedule changes are FINAL.

• Understand schedule changes may impact graduation requirements and/or college admission opportunities. Reach out to your school counselor with any questions.

• Schedule change requests for students in any of the following programs may be delayed as these requests must first be reviewed and approved by the program coordinator or the student's case manager: IB Diploma candidates, IB Career-related Program candidates, AVID students, and students with IEPs.

• Seniors: if you have provided senior year course information on college applications and/or sent transcripts to colleges, it is the student's responsibility to communicate to all colleges any changes in class schedule.

• Not every student will receive the schedule change(s) requested due to various reasons, including but not limited to class size, class openings, prerequisites, conflicts in schedule, teacher preference request, lunch preference request, etc. Students also are not able to join a year-long class at the start of 2nd semester.

• If your schedule was not changed, it was due to one of the reasons listed above. Continue to follow your schedule in Portal.