Flexible Instructional Days (FIDs) are an alternate form of instruction in place of a day otherwise canceled. DASD has been approved to use FIDs from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and these days will be considered days of school. On a FID, students will complete learning assignments provided by their teacher at home to support the continuation of learning activities in a variety of ways designed by the grade-level and/or subject-level team, which may include the use of a multitude of online learning tools and/or offline activities. Students will have the opportunity to engage in subject area content that would have originally taken place during a regular school day. Additional enrichment resources and optional activities may also be provided for exploration.

Optional activity menus will be posted on the DASD Distance Learning Framework website for families and students to access menus of activities to self-select to support student exploration in an array of curricular connected areas based on grade levels and/or departments/courses (Menu format: PDF). Students will not need to make up these days, due to the waiver from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the 2019-20 school year.