Many students have been frustrated about scheduling issues over the past few years.

“I have talked to my counselors about five times about getting my classes switched. They either take about two weeks to like, a month to just get a class switched here,” Andre Olivar (11) said. “I think the most amount of time I’ve had to wait was about a month and a half.”

“It’s just a lot of back up I guess because of enrollment after winter break and overpopulation in general,” Maxine Espino (11) said.

Recently, schools across the district have switched to using Xello, a college and career planning tool as a way for students to enroll in future classes.

“We’re really pushing every student and every class with every teacher to complete a Xello course request for the next appropriate class for them,” head counselor Megan Story said.

Compared to old ways of enrolling, like on paper, Xello makes the process much simpler for students, and counselors that oversee the program.

“All you gotta do is click on the classes that you wanna take on your planner or whatever, and you choose which classes like your backup ones, it’s really easy,” Story said.

Counselors are working towards training teachers on how to properly use Xello so they can assist their students to help avoid future scheduling issues.

“So Xello will be in every class with every teacher for every subject,” Story said, “so the teacher is going to talk to the students about what is the next appropriate class for those students particularly so we’re going to have some teacher feedback and recommendations for the students and then the students are going to get to pick what is most appropriate for them.”

The district will continue troubleshooting xello and its algorithms to make enrollment smoother for southeast students.