SCHEDULING POLICY & PROCEDURES Course Selection: Student & Guardian Responsibility Individual student course selections begin the process of building a master schedule for the entire school. A considerable amount of administrative and support staff time leads to the formation of a schedule that will best serve the needs of all students. Staffing and hiring of faculty are derived directly from the master schedule. Therefore, any student initiated changes in course registration must be formally submitted to a member of the Counseling Department using a Course Change Request Form. Dominican High School reserves the right to drop a course offering when an insufficient number of students have selected a course. When necessary, decisions on course selections should be carefully discussed with teachers and counselors. Students taking a course against counselor/teacher advice do so at their own risk. A request to waive course prerequisites signed by the student and guardian must be presented in the latter case. Students making such a selection will not be allowed to drop the course at a later date. The most important step prior to submitting course requests is the meeting between student and guardian(s). Guardians must review each course selection with their student to confirm that graduation requirements are satisfied. In addition, guardians should specifically plan for the coming academic year with their student to assess the relative demands upon the student’s time. A guardian’s electronic signature is required for course approval.
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Once the student and guardian(s)have completed online course selection any student initiated changes in course registration must be formally submitted to a member of the Counseling Department by using a Course Change Request Form. A request to add a course may be submitted up to 10 days into the semester. Exceptions to this policy are determined by the Administration, and only for exceptional circumstances, including: a. b. c. d.
To avoid academic failure of the student based on the recommendation by the instructor. To schedule a course requirement for graduation which the student failed after submitting his/her schedule. To add a course that is immediately necessary for graduation. To accommodate physical or medical disabilities.
The school reserves the right to cancel any course in the curriculum due to insufficient enrollment. 5. Requests from students or guardians for a specific teacher are not honored. 4.
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