Student/Parent initiated schedule changes must be requested during the designated drop/add period prior to each semester or the drop/add form must be submitted to the counseling center no later than within the first four days of the new semester.  Drops or adds after the deadline will be granted only in cases of extreme hardship and must be approved individually by the principal.  Students will only be allowed to drop full-year courses at the semester with administrative approval and teacher recommendation.  Students should consider class selection very carefully as teacher assignments are made based on those selections.  Schedule changes will be made for the following four reasons only:

*The student already has credit for the course.

*The student does not have the required preceding course.

*The added course is needed for graduation of the current year.

*The course was requested in writing during the scheduling time, but the course did not appear on the student's schedule.

SCHEDULING POLICIES

1. Schedule change requests must be made no later than the first 4 school days of each semester.

2. VALID schedule change requests are considered before a semester begins and no later than the 4-day request for change period at the beginning of each semester.  Students cannot drop a level because they changed their minds over the summer or did not do the summer reading or desire a different teacher.

3. Full-year courses may not be dropped at the end of the first semester.  Exceptions to this policy can be made only by appealing to the Principal.  If the exception is granted, the student will be required to take an equally challenging semester course.

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Williamson County Schools in its employment of personnel and in its educational activities with students does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or disabilities.