A Flexible Instructional Day (FID) is a program available to public school entities to be used as an alternative approach to delivering instruction if a circumstance arises that prevents instruction in the customary manner.

For more information about the FID program, please visit the PDE Flexible Instructional Day program website. 

Not every weather emergency will work for a remote learning day. For example, if a large number of students and teachers are without power, we may need to consider it a traditional snow day. Weather emergencies can happen quickly and, depending on the timing and severity, decisions will need to be made case-by-case. If traditional snow days are used, they will be made up according to the district calendar.

Communication will be made to all parents and students via the district mass communications system (email, phone calls, news sources). Additional support to the initial communication system will come in the form of posts to the district website and district social media accounts. Teachers will also communicate with their students through their learning management system platforms (Google Classroom and Canvas).

Teachers will be conducting the day using an abbreviated schedule that will be shared by your building principal. Students will need to be online for instruction and attendance purposes. Teachers and support staff will also be available throughout the school day for assistance. Please reach out to your teachers and counselors with any questions you may have.

Teachers will provide lessons that are reflective of current unit instruction. Students will follow the abbreviated schedule provided by their building principal. The day will be a mix of synchronous (online) and asynchronous (work on your own) lessons with teachers being available throughout the normal school day hours for online assistance. 

For the Flexible Instructional Day program to work, attendance is crucial. If the district determines that participation is too low to make the FID program practical, traditional snow days will be used instead, causing the need for make-up days per the district calendar. With that said, there may be times where circumstances will prevent a student from participating in the FID (e.g., power outage, internet disruption, property damage, etc.).

The school district recognizes that these problems may occur and will provide students with extended time to complete missed work. Like any other absence, parents should provide an absence note for a missed remote weather day if a student is unable to participate for the absence to be excused.