Flex periods

at Forest Park High School

Flex Periods will better help FPHS meet the needs of our students & teachers:

• Providing targeted interventions• Enhancing current instructional time• Additional time for help • Opportunity for enrichment• Promotes student responsibility & self-advocacy• Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports

• School involvement• Time for Pep Rally/Assemblies/Awards Ceremonies• Strategic Plan improvement

WHAT IS THE FLEX PERIOD?

• Flex periods are additional (shortened) meeting times of classes built into the bell schedule for each of the 7 scheduled classes on a rotating basis. – Will occur between 2nd and 4th periods on even

days– Two 45-minute flex periods each flex (even) day– Typically, they will cycle through every 2 weeks or

so.– Each class will be seen 6 – 7 times rather than the

current 5 times in 2 weeks.

Week 1 Schedule

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7:30 – 9:00 1 2 1 2 1

9:05 – 10:35 3

1 flex (9:05 – 9:45)

3

4 flex(9:05 – 9:45)

32 flex (9:50 – 10:35)

3 flex (9:50 – 10:35)

10:40 – 12:40(Lunch blocks) 5 4 5 4 5

12:45 – 2:10 7 6 7 6 7

Week 2 Schedule

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7:30 – 9:00 2 1 2 1 2

9:05 – 10:35

5 flex(9:05 – 9:45)

3

7 flex (9:05 – 9:45)

3

1 flex(9:05 – 9:45)

6 flex(9:50 – 10:35)

Bruin Time(9:50 – 10:35)

2 flex(9:50 – 10:35)

10:40 – 12:40(Lunch blocks) 4 5 4 5 4

12:45 – 2:10 6 7 6 7 6

Attendance

• “ACTivity” code for exemption students• Ex: Gov. school, Nursing, Cosmetology, etc.• List of students exempted from Flex will be published and

updated throughout the year• Enter “ACT” attendance code for these students (not UNV)• OER students• Early Release (OER) students are assigned to a

teacher/room for that particular flex period for study hall all year.

• Students with early release are not permitted to leave school during flex time.

Weather

• Code Red or Code Green: if school is closed for inclement weather on an even/flex day, the originally scheduled flex periods will occur during the next day school is in session. The flex calendar would then be adjusted to reflect the “shift” due to the school closure.

• 2-hour delay: if there is a 2-hour delay on an even/flex day, the flex periods that day are canceled and are not made up. The next even/flex day will have the next flex periods on the rotation calendar. The flex calendar would not be adjusted.

FLEX is NOT to be used for:

• New Testing• Any make-up work, re-assessments or missing

assignments completed during Flex periods would be graded and entered into the gradebook as usual.

• Teaching New Concepts (unless instructed by administration)

• Free Time