School denying my AP request, help?

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<p>Hey guys!</p>

<p>I'm a junior right now and I've been abroad all school year in Austria. lately, I've been calling my school in the states to get my schedule sorted out for next year (senior) but I've run into some problems.</p>

<p>I LOVE AP classes and I know I need to kick it up next year. My original plan was to take about 6-7. However, before I left for my exchange, I gave my counselor specific instructions and my senior schedule. I said to call me immideatly if a class was conflicting or full so that we could sort it out and i'd still have time to register for other classes.</p>

<p>She didn't. The only reason I even found out that something wasn't right with next year's schedule is because I called non-stop for a week until she finally picked up the phone and told me, quite bluntly and rudely, that I didn't get half of my classes.</p>

<p>WHAT?! This is totaly unacceptable. I did everthing I could and made it as easy as I could for her to fix me up for next year, and the dumb broad still messed it up. Stupid stuff, like having a lunch (that I was going to get RID OF anyways) lotterying me out for physics, or her putting Info processing into my schedule (which I told her I would test out of this summer). </p>

<p>Needless to say, I'm not pleased. My AFS Advisor from Austria even called and tried to muscle them into changing some of my classes but my counselor is a dumbass with a short temper and the assistant principle doesn't know how he can do this.</p>

<p>I realize that some classes conflict and I won't be able to take all of them, but I made it specifically clear that in the even of conflict, I would like to take another AP course. End of story.</p>

<p>Now they're feeding me b.s. like "oh, all the classes are filled, but you can have regular physics/wood shop/a study hall" and I am researching home-made pipe bomb recipes. How could they be so stupid? And then I asked if I could talk individually with the teachers of the classes I want in fall to perhaps take me on as an extra student. The principal shot that down and said taht the teachers probably WOULD take me but then that'd be unfair because of all the other stduents who got in.</p>

<p>I would never ask for them to kick someone else out of a class just so I could get in, but really. If I had come back in fall, without any prior preparations, and expected to get everything my way, that'd be different and I would've deserved getting a messed up schedule. BUT I TOLD HER EXACTLY WHAT TO DO!</p>

<p>And now I'm asking you guys what should I say/do in this situation? I feel like nothing has gone right since I left. Exchange is hard. It's not a walk in the park and drinking all day. When I said MAYBE mine was a special case, since I basically missed my whole junior year he just said "Well, you can't have it both ways, but I think you learned something from this exchange blahblah."</p>

<p>Help? I'm begging you guys, this is a really serious problem.</p>

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<p>Do you guys have some guaranteed rights as students? At moco all the students here get a booklet listing specific rights we have and stuff. If you have something like that, you should pull it out. </p>

<p>Otherwise, you should submit a formal appeal to the principal (not a phone call), a full-fledged FORMAL appeal. If he shoots that down. You can take the appeal to your district coordinator or something. if THAT doesn't work, you can take it your superintendent and finally the board of education for your district. But then again, if that gets shot down you can always go to your state board of education and take legal action =].</p>

<p>The rights of students are always more important the mistakes of administrators. <em>cough</em> Brown v Board lol</p>

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<p>I think you should take it to the school board. You're eligible and the only reason you didn't get any of your classes was because you were studying abroad. You seem very qualified for your classes so hopefully the school board will go your way. If not, tell your gc to explain to yuor colleges why you didn't have such a "challenging" course load senior year.</p>

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<p>This is why I'll never study abroad during high school</p>

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<p>You make a good argument xkoreasianx. I'm not sure if we have a rights book but I'll check as soon as I can. Thank you!</p>

<p>Swim, it looks that way to me too. The only problem is now they're pulling the 'it's too late' bit on me. But I'll appeal to the school board as well, thanks for the advice :)</p>

<p>Anyone else have any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Have you tried the shotgun approach? :)</p>

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<p>the "rights book" is usually a section in your student handbook or whatever.</p>

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<p>you'd be amazed how effective parents can be (they don't even have to talk much)</p>