Classes will be closed at 30 students. Teachers may utilize a sign-in process to monitor the number of students in a classroom/learning space.

Learning is an ongoing activity so students should always have something to work on or go deep with during FLEX however for some, specific structures will be necessary. During FLEX students are expected to be engaged in an activity supporting their progress in their learning.
– seeking support from their teachers or instructional support staff – completing assignments/homework
– working on projects
– silent reading

FLEX time is designed to support you in your current learning and assignments not to generate more work or prep for you or your teachers. You may ask for additional practice or support to work on during FLEX especially when working through a challenging concept but your teachers are expected to not create more “stuff/assignments” but rather to be available during FLEX to assist you as needed.

FLEX serves an educational purpose in developing organizational and planning skills in students. As part of this development students will be expected to have a second choice ready. Classrooms will be capped at 30 students.

Yes, if a student needs assistance in utilizing FLEX in a productive manner, a teacher may assist by assigning them to a specific learning space for FLEX. This can happen if a student has outstanding assignments, projects etc. As well teachers can, on occasion, hold class back to complete a lab or assignment but this should be the exception not the rule. This is considered a FLEXVeto.

Classes in FLEX will normally be on a first come, first served basis so it will be important to plan ahead. Some classes, such as the gyms and Library Learning Commons tend to be a catch-all for many students and will require signing up in advance for the spaces. There may be times where circumstances allow or call for some pre-arrangement, however, this should be the exception and not the rule.

It’s important to note that during the first few days of school, students will not be able to use their ‘Flex Time’, and will be staying with their first block class. During this time, teachers will work with students on how to utilize flex time. Once we are confident that students understand how it works and are ready to use Flex Time, teachers will be asking students where they plan to go during their Flex time. If students do not show up where they have indicated they are going, they will lose the privilege. This is part of an overall pyramid of intervention strategy that staff will be implementing in the fall.

Students would be expected to respond as they would during any class time in that they would lockdown or evacuate as quickly and orderly as possible. Due to the fluidity of FLEX in terms of roll call during the evacuation our process will be just like it is during unstructured times such as lunch. Students will evacuate via the nearest safe exit and report to their previous class (for FLEX Time it will be your first period class) on the back field. For lockdowns, students will follow the typical lockdown procedures of the classroom and, if in the case of class transition time, students will seek shelter in the nearest open classroom.

No. The educational purpose of FLEX is to have students organize their time and space. Limiting movement during FLEX will encourage this growth. As well, limiting movement will allow for Admin to support students in their productive utilization of this time.

Success in achieving the learning outcomes for FLEX is reflected in student success in their other classes so no “official” mark will be given for FLEX.

Initially there will be no students able to be out and about during FLEX time in-order to assist the Administration and others to support students moving to and remaining in appropriate learning spaces during FLEX. This can be re-visited as the impact of FLEX grows and needs present themselves.

FLEX is meant as a resource for students to get support as needed from their teachers so it is expected that students will seek out the classes they are currently attending however there is not a hard and fast rule regarding this. Teachers may wish to limit, or give preference to currently enrolled students.