Flexible Instructional Day (FID)

Families will be notified through the school's various communication streams including email, phone call, text messages, social media posts, website alerts, and local media outlets.

AGCS will operate on a modified daily schedule for all students K-12.  The school day will begin at 9:30am and conclude at 2:15pm for all K-12 students.  This day mirrors a typical two-hour delay schedule at State Road and accounts for a 30-minute lunch break for students.

Lawful school attendance is based on students logging on and participating in the live, morning homeroom meeting (via Google Meet).

• Any student who is marked absent will receive a call/text/email to report their attendance. Parents will no longer have to log into Powerschool to complete the FID day form. 
• Students will have three (3) school days upon return from an FID day to submit work/assignments for full credit.
• If students do not attend the live, morning homeroom in Google Meet or a parent does not contact the attendance office directly, then the student will be marked with an unexcused absence.
• If a parent/guardian submits a school excuse note indicating that their child(ren) was unable to participate in the FID day due to lack of internet access, the day will be excused and the excusal request will not count as one of the allowable, normal, “parental excusals”.  Students will still be responsible for completing any missed work or assignments.
• AGCS will follow its regular attendance procedures/policy related to excusing non-participation/attendance during an FID day.

AGCS will operate on a consistent, modified daily schedule for all students K-12.  The school day will begin at 9:30am and conclude at 2:15pm for all K-12 students.  This day mirrors a typical two-hour delay schedule at State Road and accounts for a 30-minute lunch break for students.

• Students will have a live, morning homeroom meeting via Google Meet from 9:30 am-9:45 am to review the expectations for the day and get help from their Homeroom teacher if needed.  Meeting links for homerooms will be distributed by teachers directly to students/parents (K-3) or accessible in your child’s Schoology Course (4th-12th).
• Meeting links for homeroom will be distributed by teachers directly to students.
• Students will engage with predominantly asynchronous, independent work throughout the school day.  Assignments and directions for the day will be provided through the Schoology LMS or directly from their teacher.
• All work assigned will factor into a student's class grade/mastery.
• Teachers and staff will be available via email, Schoology, phone, or Google Meet to provide help and assistance.
• The school will progress to the next letter day on FID's and when students return to in-person school, we will once again progress to the next letter day.

Avon Grove Charter School will be as proactive as possible in its communication related to the potential for a FID.  Kindergarten students will be directed to take their iPads home with them if the school anticipates the potential for a FID due to pending inclement weather. 

It is important that families have paid the yearly technology fee to ensure that student devices are covered under the school's shared insurance pool if Kindergarten students are transporting their devices.

All teachers will be available during the school day to support students and families through email, phone, Schoology, and Google Meet.

Yes and no.  The school will progress to the next letter day on FID days, however, when K-8th grade students return to in-person school, they will remain on that letter day special so they have the opportunity for face-to-face instruction with that special.  So, for example, if the school were to call a FID day, and the school day was supposed to be a B-day, the FID day will be a B-day.  When the students return the next school day to face-to-face instruction, the school will move on to the next letter day.   Specials teachers will provide students with choice activities based on their specific letter-day special.

If any student cannot complete the day’s assignments or participate in the FID day due to an individual family circumstance, please email attendance@agcharter.org  to report your child as absent.  Students will have three days upon return from a FID to submit work for credit in their class/courses.

Any student who fails to complete their FID assignment(s) within three school days will receive a zero for the assignment.

In the event of widespread power outages throughout the area, AGCS may determine that a FID needs to become a traditional emergency closing day.  We will communicate any changes to the day via our typical communication channels.

No. Flexible Instructional Days are considered instructional days.  These are not school closures and do not need to be made up at the end of the year.

Any students with approved Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or 504 service agreements will be provided modified or adapted assignments per their SDIs.  If students struggle to complete the assignments independently, they then have the ability to meet with their case managers upon return to school to get additional assistance.