Preparing For Next Year

We are nearing the time for next year’s schedules to receive attention from the counselors.  This is always an anxious time of year when students want to revisit the choices that they made and "tweek" things just a little. In order to be fair and consistent, we will prioritize scheduling issues.  We intend to work on schedules that are incomplete first.  After all of the schedules are completed, then we will consider schedule change requests for students who have changed their minds.  Each year, the counselors will work over the summer to ensure that you or your student will have a complete schedule.   Students with incomplete schedules will be contacted at home or at school to work together to find solutions for ways to fill "holes" in schedules.  Any student wishing to tweek his or her schedule, and the reason for the tweek fits one of the legitimate reasons on the schedule change request form should stop by the counseling office starting May 30th to pick up a change request form.  These will be dealt with in the order that they were received.  As a result of the student/counselor ratio and the time needed to ensure each student has a full schedule, we will not be scheduling individual meetings to discuss schedule changes.

CHANGE OF LEVEL form—If a student wants to make a change to go either up or down in a class they will need to pick up this form and obtain the signature of the student’s parent and counselor.

Schedule changes will be considered when the student is misplaced in a class or for other reasons listed below:

• A specific course needed for graduation will not be offered again before a student graduates.

• The student failed a course that needs to be repeated for credit (when space is available).

• The student has already earned credit for a class in which he/she is currently enrolled.

• The student is scheduled for a class for which the prerequisite has not been satisfied.

• The student is scheduled for a class not recommended for a student’s grade level.