Starting & Making Adjustments to a Traditional School

There comes a time when there are enough expats living in one place to create a need to start a school. Later, enough of those expats leave, and it comes time to close the school. What if you started a school when there were only a few families that needed schooling, but now that number has doubled or tripled? We hope you will find the following information helpful in those types of situations.

Starting Schools

The document linked above covers information to start a new school:

• Background work — information needed to make a wise decision concerning the need for a new school

• Steps to take when deciding to start a new school

• School Board Actions

• Administrative Actions

Expanding Schools

The linked document covers issues that will need to be considered when deciding to expand an elementary school to include high school grades:

• Curriculum

• Co-curricular activities

• Staffing

• Student schedules

• Cost

Adjusting and Closing Schools

The document linked above covers the information needed to adjust, expand, or close a school

• Adjusting Schools — covers topics such as control of the school, teachers and finances

• Expanding Schools — covers topics such as increased school population, change in school focus, government requirements, demographics, school population, and/or school programs, and evaluating the advisability of growth

• Closing Schools — options discussed include keeping the school open, merge with another school, go to supervising correspondence programs/homeschooling or supporting other options