Explanation of Codes

February 2022

Dear parents and guardians,

I am writing this letter to inform you of our course change request process. We will honor student course change requests and teacher requests. Any course change requests for the first semester need to be submitted by the end of the prior school year (this will be June 2, 2022 for the 2022-2023 school year). Second semester changes need to be submitted 5 school days before the end of the semester (January 13, 2023). These cut-off dates have been established to maximize our teacher and support staff assignments, to provide balance for courses offered, to allow our counseling staff to best serve students during their summer hours, and to maintain the integrity of the master schedule.

Students will complete registration for classes in February for the following school year (students will complete registration for the 2022-2023 school year in February 2022). Students will receive a copy of the courses they registered for at the end of March with their 3rd quarter report cards. Students will then have a two-month window to submit any course change and/or teacher requests.

Please note that this will have an effect on AP and pre-AP courses, or any other course which requires school work to be completed during the summer before the start of the school year. Students will not be able to drop such courses after June 2. Therefore, if a student does not complete their summer work, it will have a negative effect on the grade of the class the summer work was assigned for. In the past we had a number of students drop such classes right before school began because they did not complete their summer assignment(s). This will no longer be allowed. Students will have the opportunity to drop the course for the second semester if they choose to, and it is approved by their parents/guardians.

Again, these changes are necessary for maximizing resources to best serve students moving forward. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.