OLD Foundations of School Business

Key knowledge • Enrollment funnel stages: inquiry → application → verification → enrollment → start-of-year onboarding. • Enrollment compliance: residency, immunizations, IEP/504 handoffs, cumulative files. • Lottery/waitlist procedures (if applicable). Leader skills • Track funnel performance and remove bottlenecks. • Ensure data accuracy in SIS. • Train front-office teams on family-friendly, equity-minded enrollment. Practices & routines • Weekly enrollment funnel review meeting. • “File completeness” checks before first day. • 10-day count readiness protocol. Core metrics • Applications, acceptances, yield rate. • Net enrollment vs target by grade/subgroup. • Withdrawal reasons and patterns. Deliverables • Enrollment Funnel Dashboard • 30-60-90 Day Enrollment Action Plan • Onboarding checklist + family communication map

Key knowledge • Attendance codes, excused vs unexcused, truancy thresholds. • Relationship between ADA, funding, and intervention. • Chronic absence drivers and equity lens. Leader skills • Set schoolwide daily attendance routines. • Build a tiered attendance intervention ladder (universal → targeted → intensive). • Coach grade-level/department teams on attendance ownership. Practices & routines • Daily: first-period sweep + same-day family outreach. • Weekly: attendance data meeting by grade/subgroup. • Monthly: chronic absence review + home visit/referral protocols. Core metrics • Daily ADA by grade/program. • Chronic absence rate (10%+). • % of students on attendance plans; plan success rate. • “Attendance risk list” movement week to week. Deliverables • Attendance Playbook (codes, routines, roles) • Tiered Attendance Intervention Ladder • Weekly ADA/Chronic Absence Scorecard