[Counselors] Pre-enrollment and schedule changes

Fri Feb 19 11:17:17 CST 2016

We are a small school of 400.  We have begun pre-enrollment for next year
and will be doing so for the next month or so.  We allow students to change
their class selections until summer and the master schedule starts being
developed.  Once school starts, we have an open window of about 2 weeks
that they can change their schedules for a $25 schedule change fee.  After
that, they can change only if it is teacher recommended, i.e. the student
was placed in the wrong course (Pre-AP/AP instead of regular and they are
over their head).  We do not allow a schedule change to take place to be
with friends or to be with a specific teacher.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:00 PM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion
Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net> wrote:

> When I was the junior high counselor, I made the students attend the class
> for one week. Then they could request a schedule change. They had to
> explain why and have it signed by parents. If the reason was legitament,
> and I could work it out, I made the change. App.300 students. Nancy Reed
>
>
> On Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:08 PM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor
> Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net> wrote:
>
>
> We have started pre-enrollment for the 2016-17 school year. We will allow
> students to request a class request initially through our March parent
> meeting. We are meeting with all student individually hoping to secure the
> correct classes! We have a total just under 3,000 students in 8-11 for the
> pre-enrollment process. It is taking four of us four weeks to accomplish
> this task. Once we develop and secure our master based on initial numbers
> we will spin schedules in early summer. Once we are back in session in
> August we allow students to 'request' a move for the first 9 days of term.
> All seats must be secured by the 10th day. We allow for requests of really
> anything but will only moved if appropriate or needed. We do address the
> process in our enrollment guide which you can access on our website.
> Hope this helps.
>
> *Becky Copeland, MS*
> Counselor, Junior Class 2015-16
> Owasso High School
> Owasso, OK
> 918-272-8030 (direct line)
> 918-272-8186 (office)
> 918-272-8028 (fax)
>
> *OHS will offer the ACT free of charge to all juniors on March 29, 2016
> Students *do not need to do anything* to register for this event!
> We will take care of registration and reporting for this ONE time exam.
>
> *Becky Copeland, MS*
> Counselor, Junior Class 2015-16
> Owasso High School
> Owasso, OK
> 918-272-8030 (direct line)
> 918-272-8186 (office)
> 918-272-8028 (fax)
>
> *OHS will offer the ACT free of charge to all juniors on March 29, 2016
> Students *do not need to do anything* to register for this event!
> We will take care of registration and reporting for this ONE time exam.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Becky Copeland <
> becky.copeland at owassops.org> wrote:
>
> We have started pre-enrollment for the 2016-17 school year. We will allow
> students to request a class request initially through our March parent
> meeting. We are meeting with all student individually hoping to secure the
> correct classes! We have a total just under 3,000 students in 8-11 for the
> pre-enrollment process. It is taking four of us four weeks to accomplish
> this task. Once we develop and secure our master based on initial numbers
> we will spin schedules in early summer. Once we are back in session in
> August we allow students to 'request' a move for the first 9 days of term.
> All seats must be secured by the 10th day. We allow for requests of really
> anything but will only moved if appropriate or needed. We do address the
> process in our enrollment guide which you can access on our website.
> Hope this helps.
>
> *Becky Copeland, MS*
> Counselor, Junior Class 2015-16
> Owasso High School
> Owasso, OK
> 918-272-8030 (direct line)
> 918-272-8186 (office)
> 918-272-8028 (fax)
>
> *OHS will offer the ACT free of charge to all juniors on March 29, 2016
> Students *do not need to do anything* to register for this event!
> We will take care of registration and reporting for this ONE time exam.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:56 AM, OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion
> Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net> wrote:
>
> We are working on reviewing our policies and procedures regarding
> pre-enrollment and schedule changes. Can you please share your policy and
> procedures regarding the request of a schedule change and the reasons you
> will change a schedule? Is this a written policy in your student handbook?
> How long do you give kids at the beginning of the year to request a
> schedule change and what is your process for them to request a change? What
> is your student enrollment? I am thinking small schools may handle it
> differently than larger schools so that would be interesting to know.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Maurisa Mahan
> Counselor H-O
> Altus High School
> mmahan at altusps.com
>
>
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