Do the parents and donors of your parochial school understand your value the way you want them to? [...]
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Everyone intuitively feels that parent engagement is important. Let us take a moment and list some of the ways it is important. [...] In our highly competitive world, a parochial school must be very good to survive. Is there such a thing as being too good and too specialized? [...] It is obvious that government support of charitable activities is declining. How do you respond to the decline? [...] If being reasonable means making adjustments in your organization to conform to the expectations of the world, then your parochial school should be unreasonable. [...] Being part of a strong network is important to your mission and your sustainability. A well connected school enjoys broad and strong support. [...] Be careful of success. Many of the struggling parochial schools we talk to are struggling because they are overly loyal to past success and the tried and true processes that produced the success. [...] Every parochial school has benchmarks it wants to achieve and ones it must achieve. How do you set the benchmarks? [...] School choice and school vouchers are continuing to change the elementary and high school market. Have you thought about how these changes are going to affect your school? [...] It is time to think about next year’s tuition. Enrollment season begins in a few months. How much will you charge for tuition? [...] |
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