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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does the ANC derive the authority to ask for/enforce this cap?  [/quote]

The school and ANC have an official agreement in place.  Kinda crummy that the school was ignoring it.  Will tuition need to increase substantially to compensate for lower enrollment numbers?[/quote]

The school was NOT ignoring it.  It was based on an estimate of annual attrition that turned out to be wrong when fewer families left the school than in the past.  [/quote]

yes attrition and yield model were wrong last two years (as they were almost at every private school and many colleges). And the prior CFO forgot to report to the ANC the numbers. He left last summer and the error in not reporting was discovered. And then the ANC went to DEFCON-5 and got very nasty w/ GDS at that now comical meeting where the ANC embarrassed themselves. [/quote]

GDS is either incompetent or willful negligent…most likely both. All the other schools face these same issues and agreements but are able to live by the spirit and letter of their agreements. GDS need to clean house starting with the HoS and working your way down to the parents who refuse to abide by the term and conditions(including parking and drop off) of the school contract.

Getting your yield right is a basic competency of a private school. If you get it wrong a few years in a row you should get fired. [/quote]

The last few Covid years have been anomalous in many areas, predicting yield at a private school being one.

However, “I forgot” is a child’s excuse.  GDS made a promise and agreed to consequences if they broke that promise. They broke it. These are the consequences.

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