Schedule Changes
The complexity of the schedule makes it difficult to accommodate schedule changes. Therefore, students and parents should make careful and thoughtful decisions when choosing all courses, including electives and alternate choices. While every effort is made to schedule all subjects selected by students, limitations of staff, building space, and time occasionally make necessary either the cancellation of undersubscribed course offerings or the substitution of alternate course choices.
A schedule change request is not guaranteed. It is dependent upon space and availability. This could potentially mean that the change cannot happen if a course is already full or the student schedule may have to be rearranged and other classes dropped to accommodate the request.
Please see the Scheduling Timeline section for dates and details pertaining to scheduling changes.
Schedule change requests may only be permitted for the following reasons:
The correction of a clerical error in the schedule.
A recommendation from the Child Study Team.
A student is repeating a course with the same teacher he/she previously had failed a course with.
A student requests to eliminate a study hall and take an additional course, which does not entail the dropping of any other courses.
A student requests to eliminate an elective to take a study hall.
A student requests to switch into a course with a required summer assignment.
A request to change the level of a scheduled course (see below).
Additional Information:
All schedule changes must be submitted by a parent in writing via the Schedule Change Request Form.
Students may not have more than one study hall per marking period.
A student may withdraw from a course and be added into a study hall if they do not already have a study hall in their schedule until 5 days after Marking Period 1 grades are posted.
LEVEL CHANGES
Please see the Scheduling Timeline Section for dates and details pertaining to Level Changes.
Level changes will only be accommodated until the end of the first marking period. Any student requesting a level change after the Drop/Add schedule change deadline must complete the following prior to a level change:
Student must meet with current teacher as notification that they intend to drop their course.
Student must meet with new teacher to acknowledge that both the student and teacher have discussed the expectations of the class as well as what will be needed to be caught up.
Upon completion, the student and parent must request a level change with his/her school counselor.
Any level change after the interim date of Marking Period 1 will result in grades transferring from the original course to the new course. Teachers will have discretion to incorporate previous grades when determining marking period averages.
Any level change request submitted after Marking Period 1 must be approved by the subject supervisor and the principal.
COURSE AUDIT POLICY
In the event that a student in an AP or Honors course that has no lower level to drop into and already has a study hall in their schedule, he or she may audit the course (5 days after 1st Marking Period report cards). The student must remain in the course for the remainder of the year and will not earn any credit. Students may only audit one course per year.
WITHDRAWAL PASS OR FAIL
A student who wants to drop a course after the level change date (5 days after 1st Marking Period report cards), will need administrative approval and will receive either an WP (Withdrawal Passing) or a WF (Withdrawal Failing) on his or her report card and transcript. A students grade at the time of the withdrawal will determine the WP or WF.
Students will be allowed only 1 withdrawal in high school and will not earn any credit. A student is not permitted to withdrawal if it means adding a second study hall into his or her schedule. Parental consent is required for a WF or a WP.