The Secret Sauce: Ingredients Needed to Help Secure Charter School Financing
Working on the Education Finance Team, I often hear the reoccurring question “Where do we start?” This question always stops me in my tracks because every charter schools’ story begins differently. Many people will answer “it depends,” but I believe there is a simpler answer than that. Yes, student enrollment, sound financial management, and a rigorous academic program responsive to the community’s needs are all important elements to a successful start-up school; however, when I speak with schools for the first time, I am listening to see if they have the “secret sauce”. There are often undiscussed considerations we at …
