With the new Small Learning Communities, the emphasis of school design shifts away from the traditional classroom experience, which inhibits student-driven learning, to a highly dynamic and interactive one that empowers students to become architects of their learning. The SLCs incorporate flexible spaces allowing for interdisciplinary, differentiated, project-based, and inquiry-driven learning. Flexible spaces support adaptation as teaching practices evolve.

CCUSD has identified the DNA of a Small Learning Community, a core group of space types that accommodate numerous configurations. Supporting multiple learning styles simultaneously requires careful consideration to adjacencies and connectedness between space types. The adjacency diagram shows relationships between learning spaces, it is not a floor plan.