Halls High School
STUDENT SCHEDULES
Course Selection and Scheduling Process

• During the spring semester, counselors will be meeting with all 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students—either in classrooms or in small groups—to distribute and explain scheduling materials for the following year.  Due dates are given at this time.
• Students should have conversations with their current teachers and their parents/guardians regarding appropriate course selections. Some courses will require students to get a teacher recommendation signature. Counselors are available for consultation if students need assistance making their final selections.  Course level descriptions are available in the Guidance Office.
• After the course selection forms are completed and turned in to the Guidance Office counselors will review these course selections, teacher recommendations, current transcripts, and graduation requirements. If there is an area of concern, the counselor will contact the student and/or parents/guardians.
• Once this process is completed, the master schedule for the next year will be developed based on the course selections that students have made. Once tentative schedules have been run, students will be contacted by their counselors if there are any conflicts in their schedules.
• Students will receive a copy of their schedule on the first day of classes during the fall term.

Policy for Adding/Dropping Classes
Students may request schedule changes at the beginning of each semester.  All requests must be submitted in writing.  Schedule change request forms are available in the Guidance Office.  Counselors will review these requests and make changes based on space availability.
Schedule changes that will be addressed first are for the following reasons:

• Computer error/incomplete schedules
• Course in current schedule was completed in summer school or credit recovery
• Not completing prerequisites for currently scheduled classes

Other requests will be addressed once the above issues have been resolved.
All students are encouraged to complete all classes in which they are enrolled. If it becomes absolutely necessary for a student to drop a class, the following will apply:

• Parent/Guardian approval is required.
• Simple changes from one class to another (e.g., drop Art and add Dev. Of R&R) must be completed by the 5th day of the new semester.
• A change in level of a class (e.g., from Foundations IP to Algebra I) must have a teacher recommendation.
• Classes dropped according to the above policy will not appear on a student’s permanent record. 

Any changes in schedules will be at the counselor/administrator’s discretion and will depend on class availability.  ALL REQUESTS FOR SCHEDULE CHANGES RECEIVED AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE SEMESTER WILL REQUIRE ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL.
Summer School
A limited number of high school classes are available in Knox County summer school.  Summer school course offerings will be available towards the end of the spring semester (Usually the last week in April).  Students may not take a course for new credit in summer school.