How to ask for schedule change?

[Anonymous]

DC is a rising 9th grader. He just got his schedule. We googled name of one of his teachers and found a change.org petition against this teacher calming that teacher is rude and hateful. How can we ask the school to change DC's schedule? DC is a good and hard working student. We would rather avoid the drama that seams to be associated with this teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is a rising 9th grader. He just got his schedule. We googled name of one of his teachers and found a change.org petition against this teacher calming that teacher is rude and hateful. How can we ask the school to change DC's schedule? DC is a good and hard working student. We would rather avoid the drama that seams to be associated with this teacher.

contact his counselor to get schedule change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is a rising 9th grader. He just got his schedule. We googled name of one of his teachers and found a change.org petition against this teacher calming that teacher is rude and hateful. How can we ask the school to change DC's schedule? DC is a good and hard working student. We would rather avoid the drama that seams to be associated with this teacher.

contact his counselor to get schedule change.

Or, you know, let him attend the class for awhile and decide for himself if the teacher is actually "rude and hateful."

[Anonymous]

Our HS officially only makes changes if they made a mistake based on courses requested or a student wants to change levels (for example honors to regular). They don’t allow teacher requests. But my DS did have a terrible bio teacher freshman year and had success getting a change for 2nd semester after suffering for months. So it’s always a possibility but I think he would need to have given it a try and doubt they would make the change based on his online search.

I have a rising 9th grader. How did he get his schedule already? I just checked Parentvue and it’s not there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS officially only makes changes if they made a mistake based on courses requested or a student wants to change levels (for example honors to regular). They don’t allow teacher requests. But my DS did have a terrible bio teacher freshman year and had success getting a change for 2nd semester after suffering for months. So it’s always a possibility but I think he would need to have given it a try and doubt they would make the change based on his online search.

I have a rising 9th grader. How did he get his schedule already? I just checked Parentvue and it’s not there.

OP here, our HS seams to be on top of things and pushed the schedule into the system today. Our younger DC is in MS and his schedule is not up yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS officially only makes changes if they made a mistake based on courses requested or a student wants to change levels (for example honors to regular). They don’t allow teacher requests. But my DS did have a terrible bio teacher freshman year and had success getting a change for 2nd semester after suffering for months. So it’s always a possibility but I think he would need to have given it a try and doubt they would make the change based on his online search.

I have a rising 9th grader. How did he get his schedule already? I just checked Parentvue and it’s not there.

OP here, our HS seams to be on top of things and pushed the schedule into the system today. Our younger DC is in MS and his schedule is not up yet.

What school?

Also - I agree with others about seeing how it goes for a little before trying to get the schedule changed. Counselors will be inundated this week with requests and keep in mind that there will be other times where you will legitimately need help from your counselor, including during the college process. And most schools will not let you change your schedule based on a teacher’s bad rep anyway….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS officially only makes changes if they made a mistake based on courses requested or a student wants to change levels (for example honors to regular). They don’t allow teacher requests. But my DS did have a terrible bio teacher freshman year and had success getting a change for 2nd semester after suffering for months. So it’s always a possibility but I think he would need to have given it a try and doubt they would make the change based on his online search.

I have a rising 9th grader. How did he get his schedule already? I just checked Parentvue and it’s not there.

OP here, our HS seams to be on top of things and pushed the schedule into the system today. Our younger DC is in MS and his schedule is not up yet.

What school?

Also - I agree with others about seeing how it goes for a little before trying to get the schedule changed. Counselors will be inundated this week with requests and keep in mind that there will be other times where you will legitimately need help from your counselor, including during the college process. And most schools will not let you change your schedule based on a teacher’s bad rep anyway….

Totally agree with this sentence. I don't even know how the OP/OP's son would phrase this request. "Please change the schedule so I'm not with Mrs. Smith. I read on the internet that Mrs. Smith is not good for anyone." The request needs to be for a valid reason.

Also, to note, schedules are constantly in flux, even though they've been pushed to ParentVue. It's very possible there will be a last minute change. My DC experienced this once and got a MUCH better teacher than was listed in ParentVue (based on DC's personal experience with both). DC was in total shock and very excited to report the last minute change!

[Anonymous]

They aren’t going to change the schedule for that reason. If they do it for your child, they would have to do it for all the other kids who also request not to have that teacher.

The teacher has to teach someone, you know?

Your kid will have plenty of other bad teachers in their high school career. They need to deal with it. Chances are, they will have a new bio teacher come 2nd semester.

If you are still certain you want to change schedule to avoid this teacher, you have to do something drastic like change levels or change classes. Example - your kid originally signed up for Photography. Have them switch to another art class instead. That might be enough for the entire schedule to be rearranged and your kid *might* end up with a different bio teacher. But then, they also could be put into another class with a different bad teacher. Like - their math class could also change and now they have a bad math teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our HS officially only makes changes if they made a mistake based on courses requested or a student wants to change levels (for example honors to regular). They don’t allow teacher requests. But my DS did have a terrible bio teacher freshman year and had success getting a change for 2nd semester after suffering for months. So it’s always a possibility but I think he would need to have given it a try and doubt they would make the change based on his online search.

I have a rising 9th grader. How did he get his schedule already? I just checked Parentvue and it’s not there.

OP here, our HS seams to be on top of things and pushed the schedule into the system today. Our younger DC is in MS and his schedule is not up yet.

What school?

Also - I agree with others about seeing how it goes for a little before trying to get the schedule changed. Counselors will be inundated this week with requests and keep in mind that there will be other times where you will legitimately need help from your counselor, including during the college process. And most schools will not let you change your schedule based on a teacher’s bad rep anyway….

It's first come first serve. If you want a change, I'd do it now. If you wait, they'll have fewer options and counselors seem less helpful after the first 100+ changes.