Canceling courses at Springbrook
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Anonymous
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I had posted a few days ago about sports related courses and someone shared that there is a sports health/science course offered at Springbrook.
I reached out to someone at the school to get info on the course and it turns out for the upcoming school year even though more than 20 kids registered for the course the Principal canceled it. How can a Principal just cancel a course mcps says they offer? |
Anonymous
| Yes, it’s pretty normal at our school. Very limited offerings. |
Anonymous
Maybe the teacher for that course isn't coming back next year? |
Anonymous
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So if I choose a school from a consortium based on courses offered then they cancel those courses what happens?
It’s wrong that we are offered choices to choose schools when the schools csn change what’s offered after decisions are made. I get that it happens, but it’s wrong. |
Anonymous
| Courses get canceled all the time. I've no idea about this course, but ~20 students in the class seems small to me. Schools are stretched incredibly thin. At our school most classes are *full*. If something consistently gets ~20 I'd expect them to cancel it permanently. |
Anonymous
| Ours is not offering an AP Seminar class even after a teacher surveyed students and many said they would take. Not to mention a research class that seniors in a special program took while doing their senior capstone. But the capstone is still required. |
Anonymous
My child is in this class. The IB Coordinator is the teacher, and there are 30 students in the class. They really enjoyed the course, and told their friends to take it next year. Students and teachers in the department are both frustrated they can’t run course; I heard 25 signed up. |
Anonymous
What's the minimum number to sign up in order to run the course? |
Anonymous
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Yes, it's wrong and it happens often, in all high schools.
My kid chose chemistry this year with the understanding that she could continue on to AP Chem next year, and last week the counselor emailed to say that there wasn't enough room and she didn't have priority for the AP class, not being a senior. It completely sucks, because since it's a double period STEM AP, it means she needs to rework her schedule, because a lot of courses require prerequisites and some APs are double periods and it's just damn hard to make it all fit in 4 years of high school. I sent a strongly-worded email to the Principal, Assistant Principal, STEM coordinator and counselor, not in the expectation that they would change anything, but to let them know that they're not making kids' lives any easier. I know most of the administration doesn't care, because they're dealing with serial absences and pushing kids to graduate who don't even have the most basic understanding of reading and math... and so the kids who actually have ambitions and tried to plan are just expected to roll with the punches. But at least they were forced to see my point of view for 2 minutes. So now there are kids like mine who want to take that one AP Chem class but can't, and not enough students who want to fill the 3 AP Bio classes the school created. Surely the school could tell what students would choose based on the classes they'd already taken? And maybe have kids fill out an interest survey at some point??? Such incompetence. |
Anonymous
There is no minimum. Classes of 5-10 have run in public schools. It’s the whim of the principal. For a school like Springbrook they should be highlighting the things that make their school unique. IB classes like this make their school unique and attract students in the consortium. |