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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to TJ... What are the steps to try to get this stupid policy changed (politely or otherwise)? Emails to Dr B, emails to school board (I’m new to FCPS, so not sure they care?), or other?

I can appreciate a free for all may be a headache, but I would think we could find a happy middle ground (maybe setting an August 1 deadline for requests, creating a form for requests so they are easier to process, requiring a reason for the request, etc)?[/quote]

Ummmmm. Does your kid actually have a legitimate scheduling problem TJ won’t address?  If not, why in the world would you alienate the DSS and your kid’s guidance counselor before they ever sit in their first class?   Calm down, and get the lay of the land first.

There are very real reasons for the not change after April deadline. Starting with: TJ has a zillion specialized classes at the upper levels that only have 1 section. If enough kids sign up for them to teach computer vision, and they need to hire a computer vision teach, or have a current teacher spend the summer prepping to teach it, they need the kids who committed to taking the class to actually take the class, and not bail when they learn that an unpopular CS teacher was assigned to it.  And the master schedule is made in the spring. They tried hard to get upper class schedules finalized in the spring, but there were.... complications.  So they don’t end up teaching it for four kids.   TJ has a much, much harder time with scheduling than base schools.  They
 Have many fewer students and many more classes.

And PP is right. Every department has teachers who are “easy” and teachers who are “hard”.  Your kid will get a mix. Before they clamped down, parents whose kids got appropriate classes but didn’t want their kid to get the “hard” Chemistry teacher we’re a huge PITA.

If there is a legit reason your kid can’t be successful in a class, guidance will work with you.  My kid has gotten a quiet change outside the course change rules because of a significant problem we were not able to resolve after we tried to work with with Guidance.

So wait and see. tjere is no reason to pick a fight day one. 
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