Time's running out. Invest in proactive board education.

Approval of the 2021-2022 budget is 4 months away. Retention plans for students and faculty are the key.

Independent school heads and board chairs should engage an outside counselor to help them remain focused on 2020 guiding principles.

Advice for new independent school trustees: find your inner extrovert.

This fall, it will be more important than ever for trustees to be present in the life of the school.

As indy schools communicate fall plans this summer, it will be more important than ever for boards to speak with one voice.

School leaders should focus on the guiding principles they'll use to design fall scenarios before moving into the details.

In planning for the fall, independent school leaders should be creative in finding ways to have elementary students on campus every day.

Indy schools will soon communicate major decisions that lie at the intersection of the school as a community and the school as a business.

College and elementary students could take a gap year in 2020 - 2021, together.

Just how promise-crammed is the pandemic crisis for independent schools? Count me very conservatively optimistic.

Independent schools should begin planning for a remote-learning start to the 2020-2021 school year.

A summer 2020 budget and community support plan for independent school leaders.

A format for heads and board chairs to use in performing a yearly governance check-up.

A deliberate, structured, fair process for boards to use as they carry out the yearly budget conversation.

Too many head search committees believe that they're buying when, in fact, they should be selling.

Independent schools consistently hire consultants to assist with head searches--for very good reasons.

Boards should provide first year heads with dedicated mentoring on Day One.

The independent school board/head relationship is complex. To wit, the board is the head's boss, but the head is often the board's teacher.

Conducting substantive board work over the summer is unrealistic. Boards should organize their work accordingly.