The Spaulding High School administration makes every effort to create optimal schedules for students – and guidance counselors are available before each semester or quarter begins (including throughout the summer) to make appropriate/necessary changes (where possible) before new classes begin. Once a course has started, students may not make schedule changes – except in the most extenuating of circumstances (e.g., the student is clearly enrolled in the wrong level of a course). Only with permission of the principal (after consultation with the teacher(s), the student, and his/her guidance counselor, assistant principal, and parents) will schedule changes be permitted after the start of a class. Withdrawal from a class after it has begun will be reflected on a student's transcript as either a "W" (withdrawal while passing) or a "WF" (withdrawal while failing). In the event a schedule change is made and a class is added after the term has begun, it is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the teacher to get caught up. Lastly, students must obviously continue to attend all classes while in the process of attempting a schedule change.