This year, SCPS has adjusted our schedule change procedures in order to maximize the teaching staff that we have in each building. With the new procedure, the last day for students to make a change to their course requests was the last day of school, May 23, 2024. This has allowed for each building to build a master schedule that accurately reflects the needs of our students while intentionally utilizing the staff available at each school in order to maintain smaller classroom sizes and reduce the disruption to student learning in the first few weeks of the school year.
Students are still permitted to make a schedule change if there is a scheduling error (missing a block, two courses scheduled for the same time, schedule includes a course the student has already earned credit in, student has not met the prerequisite for a course, student has earned an F with a scheduled teacher in a previous year). Scheduling errors do not include: student has changed their mind, requesting a teacher change, changing a course to be in class with a peer, changing a class to switch lunch blocks, or being placed in an alternative elective as chosen by the student.
Additionally at the first 9 week interim, students will be permitted to request to drop a course for a study hall or decrease the level of a course (ie. AP to Honors; Honors to Standard) based on seat availability. Forms to request a course drop or level change will be available in the Counseling Center and require approval from the school counselor and administrator. Requests to change level will not be approved after the first 9 weeks due to pacing and curriculum guides.