組替(くみが)え

くみがえ
noun
class reshuffling; regrouping
education
1. class reshuffling; regrouping (of classes or teams)
Reassigning students to new homeroom classes, usually at the start of a school year; an older word for クラス替(が)え.
四月(しがつ)に組替(くみが)えがある。
Classes get reshuffled in April.
After the reshuffle, I ended up in a different class from my close friend.
This school reshuffles classes every two years, and the homeroom teachers change too.

An older, more formal word for クラス替(が)え; schools and parents still use it. Also written 組(く)み替(か)え.

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組(く)み換(か)え, written with 換(か), means recombination, as in 遺伝子(いでんし)組(く)み換(か)え (genetic modification); it is a different word.