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  • Policy
  • | Risk Management

Keep Calm and Enforce Your Harassment Policies

When a sexual harassment claim hits a school, pressure to react fast can be intense. To protect all stakeholders, schools should investigate and take action well before a crisis arrives.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: an Eye for Beauty

The long-ago gift of a high-quality camera keeps on giving to this business officer, aided in part by his love of travel, nature and family.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Our Founding, Our Future

A momentous school anniversary can provide opportunities to rekindle alumni relations, build connections among current students and strengthen town-gown relationships.
4 min read

March Madness: Surviving and Advancing to April

Between the whirlwind activities of March and May, take some time to think strategically in April. 
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5 Minutes with  

  • Leadership

5 Minutes with Grant Lichtman: Is Your School’s Engine Defunct?

The traditional independent school model is under threat. The case for clearly defining, differentiating and delivering a very different value proposition.
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Safety & Security  

  • Extended Day
  • | Key Auxiliary
  • | Risk Management

Safety & Security: Are Your Auxiliary Programs Prepared for an Emergency?

The unique challenges associated with after-school, evening and weekend activities merit additional considerations.
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  • Facility Rental
  • | Financing

Found Money: Untapped Income Opportunities

Look closer. Could there be untapped income opportunities in your facilities, your programs, your operating cash and reserves?
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  • Leadership
  • | Research

Living with Change

Independent schools are moving beyond strategy sessions and implementing substantial changes, said NBOA President and CEO Jeff Shields in a recent podcast.
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Projections  

Projections: Leading with Optimism

The threats are real. So are the resources, tools, knowledge and expertise that will help you address them.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Riding High from the 2019 NBOA Annual Meeting: 3 Takeaways

In San Diego, we learned that bringing creativity, passion and play into a routine of discipline and focus pays off.
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  • Accounting
  • | Audit

Making a Statement This item is protected.

Near and distant changes to not-for-profit audits should provide greater transparency and consistency in describing school finances. “It’s an opportunity to pause and consider things from an enterprise perspective.”
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Strategies  

  • Accounting
  • | Audit

Strategies: the Magic Binder

Reconciling every accounting fund every month may sound onerous, but it saves time and headaches down the line — especially during the annual audit.
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  • Facilities
  • | Financing

A Capital Plan This item is protected.

From bridge financing to a unique co-location partnership, schools’ construction financing strategies reveal new levels of creativity, resourcefulness and fiscal prudence.
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  • Leadership

1400+ Expected at 2019 NBOA Annual Meeting

K-12 independent school leaders head to San Diego to “ride the waves of change.”
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Labor Law
  • | Summer Camp

Risk & Compliance: Wage and Hour Laws Don’t Go on Summer Vacation

Are summer camps exempt from FLSA requirements? A closer look at the recreational establishment exemption.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget

Three Positive Trendlines on the Cusp of Spring

Data show independent school finances improved last year, in terms of net tuition revenue, expendable financial resources and annual giving. 
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  • Extended Day
  • | Planning

Extended Day, Extending the Brand

After-school programming can and should be much more than an afterthought. This school’s robust and thoughtful program is a powerful differentiator that fosters enrollment growth.
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  • Legal
  • | Policy

Is Your Tobacco Policy Legally Compliant?

Several states have gone beyond federal laws that prohibit smoking, to include bans on vaping. Many now apply to independent school buildings and grounds.
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  • Policy
  • | Tuition

States Vary Approaches to 529 Plans

How have 529 education savings plans changed at the state level since federal law allowed their use for K-12 private school tuition? A new brief explains.
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  • Risk Management

Sesame Allergies Increase, Prompting Labeling Concerns

Experts attribute trend to greater prevalence of sesame seeds and oils in the modern diet.
2 min read