Regulation IE-R: Instructional Arrangements

SCHEDULING PROCEDURES, SECONDARY SCHOOL

1. Student Registration and Scheduling

High school student registration will be conducted on an annual basis in the following manner:

1. During second semester, students will select courses for the following school year. These course selections will be based on the annual conference among student, parent, and counselor, including the recommendations of the students’ current teachers.

2. During second semester, the student will take home a verification card which lists the courses selected. At this time the parent/guardian will either sign the card, thus indicating approval of the courses chosen, or request in writing alternate courses. The signed card or the request for a change in course selections must be returned to the school within ten days. If the verification card and /or alternate course selections are not returned, the student will be scheduled for the courses listed on the card unless a scheduling conflict occurs. Changes in the student’s course selections for the next school year will not be accepted after the third Friday of June.

3. Students will receive schedules for the upcoming semester on the last day of the current semester or on the first day of the new semester.

4. Schedule Changes at the Beginning of a Semester

5. Students may request schedule changes by the fifth day of the first semester and the third day of second semester for the following reasons:

6. To make adjustments for failing grades or for summer school work

7. To correct clerical or administrative errors

8. Other changes in student schedules will be made at the discretion of the administrative staff in order to balance classes and/or distribute teacher loads.

9. No student-initiated schedule changes will be made to rearrange the order of courses or to move the student from one teacher to another for the same course.

10. Schedule Changes During a Semester

11. With written permission of the parent/guardian, a student may make a request to drop a course after the class has met for a period of ten days.

A student may not drop a course after the thirty-fifth school day in a semester or if dropping the course would give the student fewer than the number of required courses.

All requests to drop a course must be reviewed by the student’s counselor and teacher before any action is taken. The student will receive a grade of WP (withdrawn passing) or WF (withdrawn failing), whichever is appropriate. WP should be given if no grades have been recorded by the teacher.

1. Course changes that involve a move from one course to another course of similar content but different difficulty must be made by the thirty-fifth day of the semester. A student may make such a change only with written permission from the parent/guardian. All requests must be reviewed by the student’s counselor and teacher before any action is taken.