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    1. The Shared Decision Making Committee at Great Neck South High School is making recommendations to improve the consistency of the school's schedule change process. 2. The committee recommends that schedule change week inform students and families that legitimate reasons for requesting changes include issues like prior experiences with teachers, lunch schedules, errors in scheduling, and IEP changes. 3. The committee also recommends addressing requests to change class times or having backup options during spring scheduling meetings to limit major changes later.

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    1. The Shared Decision Making Committee at Great Neck South High School is making recommendations to improve the consistency of the school's schedule change process. 2. The committee recommends that schedule change week inform students and families that legitimate reasons for requesting changes include issues like prior experiences with teachers, lunch schedules, errors in scheduling, and IEP changes. 3. The committee also recommends addressing requests to change class times or having backup options during spring scheduling meetings to limit major changes later.

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    1. The Shared Decision Making Committee at Great Neck South High School is making recommendations to improve the consistency of the school's schedule change process. 2. The committee recommends that schedule change week inform students and families that legitimate reasons for requesting changes include issues like prior experiences with teachers, lunch schedules, errors in scheduling, and IEP changes. 3. The committee also recommends addressing requests to change class times or having backup options during spring scheduling meetings to limit major changes later.

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    William A.

    Shine
    GREAT NECK SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
    SHARED DECISION MAKING COMMITTEE

    ToWhomitMayConcern:

    Aftercarefulconsideration,activediscussion,andreflectiononthecurrentschedulechange
    procedures,theSharedDecisionMakingCommitteewouldliketomakethefollowing
    recommendationstoensureamoreconsistentpracticeinschedulechangesforallstudents.

    1. Wheninformingstudentsandfamiliesaboutschedulechangeweek,pleaseincludethe
    followingaslegitimatereasonstorequestaschedulechange/meetwithguidance.
    a. Requestingachangeduetoadirectstudentpriorexperiencewithateacher.
    b. Requestingachangetohavealunchperiodwithfriends
    c. Errorsintheschedule,includingbutnotlimitedto:
    i.
    Allmajorcorecoursesinarow
    ii.
    Coursechange(ExampleAPWorldtoAPEuro,APPhysicstoAP
    Environmental,etc.)
    iii.
    Notgettingrequestedelectives
    iv.
    Toomanystudyhalls
    v.
    Absenceofalunchperiod
    vi.
    Courselevelchange
    vii.
    IEPchanges
    d. Anyothersignificantissueabouttheirschedulewhichthestudentfeelsiscritical
    todiscusswiththeircounselorpriortothestartofschool.

    2. Thefollowingissuesshouldbeaddressedduringthespringschedulingmeetingwith
    guidance.
    a. Requestingaparticularsubjecttobeinthemorningorafternoon.
    b. Havingfallbackoptionsavailablethatwouldlimitmajorchangestoastudents
    scheduleshouldacourseneedtobedropped.

    Anancillarypointfromthisdiscussionwastheimportanceofparitybetweengradingpractices
    andcourseworkloadforstudentsthatareinthesamecoursebuthavedifferentteachers.
    Whileitisunderstoodthatstudentsshouldnotuseteacherselectionasabasisforaschedule
    changerequest,itisourrecommendationthatactionbetakentocreateamoreconsistent
    educationalexperienceforstudents.

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