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Radnor presents three-year Flexible Instructional Day plan for PDE approval
Summary
The district proposed a three-year Flexible Instructional Day plan that differentiates K–5 asynchronous days, 6–8 condensed synchronous mornings plus asynchronous afternoons, and a similar high-school model with fewer trigger days; the plan will be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education and requires board approval.
Radnor Township School District presented its three-year Flexible Instructional Day (FID) plan, required for the district to count student hours on inclement-weather days, and discussed how the model varies by grade band.
Administrators explained the plan is meant to be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education for approval. The proposed structure treats K–5 days as asynchronous, project-based learning with teacher feedback to follow; 6–8 would use a condensed synchronous morning followed by asynchronous tasks in the afternoon; and 9–12 would follow a similar model but with a higher threshold before triggering an FID because of tighter high-school hour requirements.
Doctor Dukovich said Radnor has used only three such flexible days over the last three years and that the district surveyed teachers (100), students (900) and nearly 500 parents to develop the level-specific approach. He said the PDE narrative and the seven-page plan are on BoardDocs and that board approval will be part of the May board meeting packet.
A committee member asked for clarification about which election days would be virtual; administration said high-school virtual instructional days are planned for election and primary days in 2025–26 but that those decisions are constrained by school-code hour counts at the high-school level.
