COURSE OVERRIDES

Students are strongly encouraged to take an appropriately challenging program that balances their academic aspirations and personal well-being. ​​Teachers take great care to recommend courses, which students should thoughtfully consider in their decision-making process. Think carefully not just about the difficulty of the course being waived into, but the volume of work for your courses overall while balancing other commitments.

In order to override a teacher’s recommendation, after discussing as a family, the student and parent/guardian must complete, physically sign, and submit the Override Form by the stated deadline to confirm that they are aware of the possible consequences and wish to enroll in a course that was not recommended. No overrides will be accepted after the deadline. When pre-registering for courses online through PowerSchool, the student must select the course recommended by the teacher. Once the Override Form is submitted, the school counselor will make the adjustment to the student’s course requests in PowerSchool.

Potential issues that may result from overriding a teacher’s course recommendation are:

• Course content and pace may be too rigorous and inappropriate, and the level of extra help from the teacher will not exceed that for other students.

• The student may not acquire the learning and grade that they consider satisfactory despite their best efforts. 

• There may be summer assignments and concepts to which the student has not yet been introduced for which they will be held responsible. 

• It may be impossible to change levels due to schedule or space limitations; the student may have to cope with an inappropriate placement for the duration of the course. 

• If a level change is made, the grade from the original course level will transfer over and be incorporated into the term, semester, and final grade for the course (grades from the previous level class are not adjusted for level). 

A prerequisite for a course cannot be waived, and students can only override up one level. If space in a course is limited, priority during scheduling will be given to students recommended by their teacher. 

Override Form

Override Deadline: March 27, 2026