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SCHEDULE CHANGE POLICY
Course selections may be changed up to May 15. Once this date has passed, semester and full year course selections cannot be changed. Parents and students should follow the procedures provided by their counselor to change course requests before May 15. These course selection changes may include level changes (College Prep/Honors), changes to preferred electives, or program changes. Once courses have been selected and students have received their schedules, the need for program changes is recognized only under special circumstances. Scheduling problems/errors and course conflicts are given the highest priority.
Students have two weeks from the date they receive a Course Recommendation Override Form to return it to the counselor. Students must pick up their Course Recommendation Override Form no later than May 1.
The following illustrates the type of schedule changes permitted:
Type 1 – Scheduling Error adjustments should be made as soon as possible.
Examples of Type 1 changes are:
● period or course conflicts.
● data entry error, e.g. student has wrong course on schedule.
● Open block (seniors only).
Type 2 - Program Change:
● student going into or out of a UCCTI share-time program.
● approved early graduation.
● student adding an approved independent study course.
Type 3 - Departmental Change
● level changes, e.g. French II College Prep to French II Honors, etc.
Type 3 changes take place only after consultation with the student, parent/guardian, counselor, teacher, and supervisor.
Type 3 changes take place before May 15 or after the tenth day of school and must follow the procedures outlined by counseling.
Once the school year begins, voluntary level changes are permitted from the tenth day of the school year until an established deadline depending on the type of change taking place:
Completed level-change forms requesting a switch to College Prep courses or a full-year-course drop must be returned to counselors no later than one week after MP 1 Progress Reports are posted. These forms must be picked up from counseling no later than the school day after MP 1 Progress Reports are posted.
Completed level-change forms requesting a switch to Honors or AP courses must be returned to counselors no later than the 15th day of school. These forms must be picked up as soon as possible to meet this deadline.
A student may request to change the level of a course provided the student has parental approval. The following conditions must also be met:
● The course has space for an additional student.
● The student has met all prerequisite requirements as noted in the course descriptions found in this program of studies.
● The student has completed the procedure outlined by counseling including a conference with the teacher and department supervisor.
The policy of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is not to make preference-based or lateral course changes.
Examples are, but not limited to: requests for a different teacher; request to enroll in a course earlier (or later in the day); scheduling to accommodate athletes. The dropping of a course is a serious matter and is generally discouraged.
The dropping of a course is a serious matter and is generally discouraged. The request to drop a course must be in writing by the parent or guardian. Additionally, the counselor may determine that special circumstances necessitate allowing a student to drop a full year course from their schedule. A drop may occur from the tenth day of the school year until one week after the posting of the first marking period progress report, typically in mid-October. Once a drop is approved, the student will be placed in a study hall for the remainder of the semester.
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