When we visited colleges with our daughter, we found that many wanted three lab sciences. Luckily we found this out early enough for her to make that happen as she took a physical science (not lab) course in 9th grade.
I’d just want to make sure my kid had 3 years of lab science. I would have my kids opt for the in person course…with lab. Not an online course minus the lab. But that’s my opinion.
And agree…the school should be figuring this out!