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Monday, February 2, 2009

Important Choices

Sometimes it feels like we're trying to change a tire while the car is still moving. Maybe that's how it is in many businesses, but it's definitely how it feels in school administration. Once February arrives, it's time to schedule students for the next school year.

Building a master schedule for more than 1600 students is a complex process. Consider that we take more than 10,000 course requests from our students and use them to create almost 400 different sections. Consequently, once the master schedule is developed we have little flexibility with schedule changes.

So we ask you to choose wisely. When possible, ask your current teacher for the proper recommendation of the next class in the continuum. We will do our very best to create a schedule with optimal opportunities for your sons and daughters, but we need the most accurate information available.

I encourage you to make careful choices with your sons and daughters. If you do your part, it enables us to do ours.

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