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guidance department cannot honor requests for specific
course sections, teachers, or lunch periods. Students must
make any necessary course changes during the following
times:
1. Courses for the next school year can be adjusted as
needed for one week after course verifications are sent
home. Specific dates will be listed on the verification
sheet.
2. Courses for the next school year can be adjusted as
needed before registration upon the return of the
guidance staff. This one week window occurs sometime
between the 1
st
and 2
nd
week of August. Schedule
changes will not be made during registration to ensure
course fees are accurate.
3. Due to sections size numbers, once school has started
schedule changes need to be kept to a minimum, but
allowed during the first five days of school with parental
approval on schedule change form. Again, the guidance
department cannot honor requests for specific course
sections, teachers, or lunch periods.
4. After the first five days of school, student/parent
requested schedule changes will no longer occur for 1
st
semester and any such request will fall under the
“withdrawing from a class” policy.
5. Changes that need to be made for 2
nd
semester will
occur upon return from Thanksgiving break through final
exams with parental approval on schedule change form.
6. Due to sections size numbers, once second semester
has started schedule changes need to be kept to a
minimum, but allowed during the first five days of 2
nd
semester with parental approval on schedule change
form. Again, the guidance department cannot honor
requests for specific course sections, teachers, or lunch
periods.
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If a student wishes to change Marching Band or any
LACC class on his/her schedule, the band instructor or
LACC office will also need to sign the schedule change
form once school has started in conjunction with the
parent. (See #3, 5, and 6 above)
WITHDRAWING FROM A CLASS
The following procedure for withdrawing a student from a
class will be followed when all efforts have been exhausted
to work out an agreeable solution to keep the student in the
class:
1. A student requests permission to withdraw from a class
through their assigned counselor.
2. Withdrawal must be approved by the administration.
3. If request is approved prior to the first or third quarterly
progress reports the students’ transcript will be marked
“WX,” indicating that the class was attempted but not
completed. If the request to withdraw from a class is
made after the first or third quarterly progress reports the
students’ transcript will be marked “WF,” indicating a
withdrawal with a failing grade. “WX” has no impact on a
students’ GPA. “WF” will negatively impact the students’
GPA.
If a student is unable to continue a course because of a
medical problem or other extenuating circumstances, the
student may request to withdraw from the class without any
penalty (WX) with the approval of the administration and with
the recommendation of a physician.
Students may be dropped from a class with a WF, after
parent contact has been made, if the student’s behavior is
interfering with teacher instruction and the learning of other
students.