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COURSE CHANGES

Planning a schedule for the next school year is a difficult task and situations may occur requiring a change in that
schedule. These schedule changes, however, have a serious effect on class size, teacher assignments, and the overall
master-schedule, and therefore, must be made sparingly. The student and parent are urged not to plan a program with
the idea that it can be changed. Once a student selects his/her courses (verified by parents) the School Counseling
Department will not initiate a schedule change unless a compelling educational reason exists.

After the close of the school year no changes will occur unless:
1. there is a technical error in the scheduling process
2. it is clear that the student is academically misplaced
3. there is a scheduling conflict

REPEATING A COURSE

Several courses require a level of competency to provide a solid foundation for students to build skills upon. With
administrative approval, a student may repeat a course in which they have earned a grade of "C+" or below. The
repeat of the course must occur the following year. When a course is repeated, the higher of the two grades earned
will be included on the official transcript and will be used for Grade Point Average calculation. The lower grade will be
discarded.

COURSE WITHDRAWAL POLICY/DROPPING A CLASS

Course Change Forms are available in the Counseling Office and, although used sparingly, may result in a withdrawal
from a course if approved. Student, teacher, counselor and parent sections must be completed for a course withdrawal
to be considered. Schedule changes for reasons other than technical errors, conflicts, inappropriate placement, or
other legitimate educational reasons will not be considered. Any course dropped, with approval, before the end of the
first nine-week grading period, will be dropped without penalty. After the first nine weeks of any course, no class may
be dropped without administrative directive. Courses dropped after the first quarter may be given a grade of WF
(withdrawn failing), depending on the circumstances.

1. If you drop a course before the end of the first nine weeks of the course, there is NO PENALTY attached. It will
be deleted from your record. Any course dropped after the first marking period may be considered failed for
the year.

2. The Course Change Form must be signed first by the teacher and then by your parent before submitting the
form to your unit principal for review. The following are considerations:

a. Homework completed?
b. Labs/projects/papers completed?
c. Remediation attempted?
d. Test retakes taken (if applicable)?
e. Spoke to teacher about obtaining help?

3. You are expected to attend the class until you have received notification from your counselor of whether or
not the change was approved. If you are permitted to drop the class, you must return the book to the teacher
or you will be charged for the book.

HONOR/MERIT ROLL

Students’ names will be posted in the Hudson Hub Times every quarter indicating Distinction Honor Roll (3.500 or
better) and Merit Roll (3.000 to 3.4999). This is accomplished by converting the letter grade of the course into quality
points and totaling the points. After totaling the quality points, divide the number of academic credits into the total
for the point average. “S” grades are not computed. Students who end the quarter with an Incomplete (“I”) will not be
included in honor roll recognition.

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