Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School creates student schedules with careful consideration to each students academic level and areas of interest. In order to provide consistency for parents, students, and teachers, schedule changes will be kept to a minimum. Before making a request, please review the information below to assure that you fully understand the schedule change policy.
*Requesting a Schedule Change:
In the rare event that a schedule change is needed, a schedule change request must be submitted to the school counselor or school principal. No request may be made through personal meetings, phone calls, or emails. Once the proper forms and documentation are provided, the students records will be reviewed and a decision will be made regarding the requests.
Reasons for change:
- Student missing core class
- Student was inappropriately placed based on grade level
- Student was inappropriately placed based on skill level
- Student has documented evidence supporting a course change.
*Two Week Rule
Parents and students are responsible for carefully reviewing the courses and selecting the most appropriate courses based on their students interest and skill level. The counseling department will do their best to place students in their top elective choices; however, space is limited. Class changes should happen 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the next quarter. Once a quarter has started, students have up to three days to make changes. After the 3-day class change period, an ADD/DROP form must be used to get permission from the teacher.
Once this form has been submitted, the counselor or the principal will contact the parent or guardian to discuss options.NOT ALL SCHEDULE CHANGE REQUESTS WILL BE APPROVED.
