SCHEDULING PHILOSOPHY
MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL
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Courses are selected during fall and spring of the prior year. Students meet with
counselors in academic conferences to ensure proper academic placement. Information
regarding course selection is then available for parent review in Career Cruising.
There will be a course verification time for students/parents to review course requests
(through Home Access Center) and make any necessary changes to the course requests.
Timelines for the verification process will be enforced.
Teachers/staff are hired, and the master schedule is set, including class sizes, according
to student selections. Staffing needs are dependent upon the integrity of the course
selection process.
Courses listed in the course catalog are subject to student selection patterns and
staffing availability and though offered, may not actually become a part of the schedule.
Students MUST follow their printed schedules, or they will have unexcused absences for
the classes missed.
Course Verification: Thursday, March 26, 2015, 9:00am through Monday, April 6, 2015,
9:00am
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This is the opportunity for students/parents to make adjustments to next year’s course
selections.
There will be no other opportunity for a change to next year’s course selections or to
the 2015 – 2016 course schedules unless the requested change meets the guidelines
below.
Possible Reasons for Schedule Change:
 A new student enrolls at the beginning of the school year and is not placed in
appropriate classes
 Senior not enrolled in a class required for graduation
 Student is scheduled into a class for which the student does not have the prerequisite,
did not apply, or did not try out
 Student is scheduled in a class for which they have already been awarded credit
 Student not enrolled in an application/audition course for which they were approved
 Balancing class sizes
 Student needs to add a course to be a full time student/has an incomplete schedule
 Student is cut from athletic program
 Student with a medical reason documented by a physician
 PreAP/AP changes (according to the change timeline only)
 Changes for Special Education student based on ARD decision
Deadlines for PreAP/AP Changes:
 For changes to and from PreAP/AP classes within the same subject, the deadline will be
within the first 15 days of semester one, at the end of the first six weeks, or within the
first 5 days of semester two. For students moving into PreAP/AP after the first day of
class, any missed work must be made up according to the guidelines of the PreAP/AP
teacher. Additionally, the grade from the dropped class will transfer to the new class.
 For PreAP/AP classes with no comparable, regular level course, changes will only be
made within the first 15 days of school or at the end of semester one. Examples of
PreAP/AP classes with no comparable, regular course are: any level 3, 4, or 5 foreign
language course, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 2, AP
Physics C, AP Environmental Science, and AP European History.
Requests that will not be Approved:
 Requests for teacher change
 Requests for a lunch change
 Requests for an elective change
 Requests to drop/add a PreAP/AP course after the drop/add deadline
 Requests for a period change
Other Notes:
 Juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to request release periods as well as which
periods the release will be placed. Efforts will be made to place release periods as
requested by the student. However, placement of release periods is subject to the
master schedule. Courses within the student schedule will not be manipulated solely
for the purpose of placing release periods as requested by the student.
 Any schedule change could result in other changes within the schedule including the
lunch period.
Course Verification Window: Thursday, March 26, 2015,
9:00am through Monday, April 6, 2015, 9:00am