For those that are/have been dual enrolled in a local college, how does your school handle it? Do you have a free period? Do you attend to that class afterschool, during school? How does it work? I'm asking because I will be taking a Multivariable Calc class eventually, and possibly an Intro to Engineering course or something with lots of science.
I get a free period. (but my schedule says on it Dual Enrollment Sociology and Health so they're not blanks in the schedule). I take 3 hour night classes. The classes are once a week. They're from 6:30-9:15, but we almost always get out by 8:30 (sometimes as early as 7:45 which is nice).
Our DE classes are taught at the high school, online during a free period, online on your own time, or at the community college on your own time...It all depends on the student...Our valedictorian takes community college classes over the summer and Aces them hence how she became valedictorian...There's no way anyone could beat her with all the extra classes she takes...Most of us can't afford to...
They don't really have a specific program. They'll let you take dual enrollment classes at any college in the state that will allow it, but they don't advertise it (except for a couple of community colleges coming in and talking about their programs), so you have to think of it yourself and then ask them about it.
It's a small rural school, so I'm finishing all their AP classes this year as a junior so I can take all dual enrollment classes at a university next year. I won't have to go to the high school at all, so I'll basically be going to college a year early for free.
For the people that just take one class, I think they have a free period if the class takes place during school.
At my school, almost everyone, including myself, leaves in the middle of school if they are dual enrolled. I take my classes online at my own time from the local community college and I leave after 5th period. My schedule says "independent study". Other people I know leave during 6th period to go to campus and have their class. It varies. Books are paid for. But, school makes it hard to dual enroll. I had to jump through several hoops to be able to take my classes.
The prep school I used to attend had it where those who were interested in taking DE had the actual professors come to the school and teach it as a regular class once a week. It was an optional schedule kind of thing for students and if they chose that, then the price of the book(s) and class(es) would just be added to the tuition for the school year.
A friend of mine who attended a different school had it planned out where she would just be exempt from a day of school to go down to the community college and have a whole day of the classes. 9am-2pm once a week. It was her job to pay for the books because the school she was attending didn't actually offer DE as an option. She had to ask specifically and talk with the college. Basically, they just signed their consent for her to register at the college and that was that.
