Currently, RISD requires parents to register for summer school in June, after the academic year in complete. Why can’t parents register my mail or online prior to the end of the school year?
The summer programs have grown to between 800-1500 students each summer. RISD offers the SSI/TAKS summer program at Lake Highlands Junior High School; Bridging the Gap and AP summer program at Forest Meadow Junior High, and regular summer programs at Lake Highlands High School. Each of these programs are designed to offer different opportunities, from remediation to enrichment, and space in each is typically very limited. An important component of the process is a student’s counselor. While it would be more convenient to be able to offer summer school registration online, most students are not aware of what courses they need or may not need until the last minute, and many would otherwise sign up for courses they either don’t need or would be ineligible for if they did not first consult their counselor. If advance registration was available online, the counselors would not be involved in the process, and because space in most summer classes is very limited, once a decision is made to en
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