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Raising tuition doesn't have to cost you families. Most schools that lose families over a price change lose them over the surprise, not the number. Here's how to announce it well.
Read articleA parent communication plan is a simple calendar that answers three questions before the school year starts: what you'll send families, when, and through which channel. Write it once and the daily scramble mostly disappears.
Read articleA school management system is one piece of software that runs the business of a school: enrollment, tuition, student records, attendance, and family communication, all from the same records. Here's what that means in practice, and how to tell whether your school needs one yet.
Read articleBelow about fifteen students, a well-organized spreadsheet is genuinely fine — and worth keeping. This guide covers the signs you've outgrown it, plus a low-risk way to move your school onto real software without a chaotic switch.
Read articleIn a co-op, the whole model runs on parent labor — which means the fairness of your school depends on how you track volunteer hours. Here's how to set a per-family requirement, run shift sign-ups, handle no-shows, and reconcile at year-end.
Read articleA tuition payment plan splits the year into installments families can actually manage. Here's how to structure the deposit, the number of payments, and the due dates — plus handbook language you can copy.
Read articleSign-up night doesn't have to be a gym full of paper forms and a line at the table. Here's how to run à-la-carte co-op class registration fairly — catalog, caps, priority windows, and fees collected before anyone goes home.
Read articleA waitlist is easy to start and hard to run fairly. Here's how to handle ordering, sibling priority, and timed seat offers without living in a spreadsheet only you can read.
Read articleA rundown of everything we shipped this summer, grouped by what it actually does for your school — getting paid, reaching families, your website, and less time on setup. Honest notes on plans and limits included.
Read articleTwo questions decide your microschool's tuition: what does it cost to run, and what will families actually pay? This guide works both numbers with a copy-paste worksheet, then covers sibling discounts, deposits, and how to frame the price.
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