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Committee reviews high‑school course scheduling, possible deactivations and drop/change processes

Janesville School District Personal Policy & Curriculum Committee · October 3, 2023
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Summary

The committee heard a detailed account of high‑school course scheduling, Infinite Campus activation/inactivation, rotation of electives, minimum enrollment targets (guidance: ~16–22), and how drop/change requests are processed early in the year.

Committee members reviewed the district’s high‑school course handbook and course‑selection process on Sept. 28, focusing on scheduling mechanics, minimums to run classes and how some courses may be deactivated if they do not sustain enrollment.

Presenters explained scheduling at the high school uses Infinite Campus’ placement algorithm to minimize conflicts across roughly 1,300 students and tens of thousands of class placements; that algorithm reduces but does not eliminate conflicts when many singleton or specialty courses (AP, CTE,…

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