The Academic Planning Guides (APG) found on this page assist McKinney ISD secondary students in making course selections and planning their academic futures. We encourage students and parents to read these guides carefully. Counselors are available to work with students, parents, and teachers to select appropriate courses that are challenging and meet graduation requirements. Catalogs, handbooks, and Internet sources are available to students seeking post high school educational opportunities. These opportunities include two-year and four-year colleges and universities, vocational schools and the armed forces. Financial aid resources and workshops are also available.

For more information about these additional resources, please contact your school’s counseling center.

We also encourage families to additionally reference the MISD Graduation Requirements page found in this section of the website.

*APGs vary by academic school year and graduating class which can affect academic weights and codes. 

In order to provide course continuity, enhance student learning, and allow accurate projections of course offerings and class size, schedule changes after the deadline are limited to when the student:

• Failed a required course and must make room to repeat the necessary course.

• Is erroneously enrolled in a specific course for which they have already earned credit.

• Is a senior and needs to drop a course in order to enroll in a course needed for graduation.

• Has not completed the necessary prerequisite course to proceed in the enrolled course.

• Desires to repeat a failed course in the classroom of a different teacher than they had during the first attempt.

Requests for schedule changes that meet the criteria above must be initiated ONLY during the first five days of each semester. Schedule changes will always be subject to course availability. Students may exit Advanced, AP, and Level II or III weighted courses with an academic or advanced subject equivalent during the district’s “Weighted Course Exit Window.”