examples) want the shared wisdom!
Thanks,
Deirdre Harrison
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Peter Gow <pgow@bcdschool.org> wrote:
> Please pardon the cross-posting of this message.
>
> Fellow list members:
>
> For an online article for the National Association of Independent Schools I
> am seeking to make contact with a few exemplary schools that have been
> demonstrably successful in devising and executing pre-emptive strategies to
> reduce student attrition.
>
> The scope of the piece would include programs or policies aimed at specific
> "problem areas," such as attrition at division jumps (e.g., from lower to
> middle school), attrition among students who share specific
> interests/talents or characteristics (e.g., athletes or musicians to
> programs perceived as more "high powered;" students from historically
> underrepresented groups to different, perhaps more congenial environments),
> or attrition among families for whom the financial burden of independent
> school tuition is felt to be bearable but not perhaps essential for their
> children.
>
> What have schools done to address these issues before they become matters
> of
> individual counseling or persuasion? How have schools identified students
> or
> families who need to be attended to, and what sorts of programs have been
> successful in helping the school make the case for continued enrollment?
> What strategies have been successful in responding to family
> concerns--especially in a tight economy when public schools are seen by
> many
> families as offering an attractive alternative that will allow families to
> hold onto resources that may be used later to pay for university?
>
> There may be a related issue: schools that encourage students to consider
> leaving at a certain point in their career (division jumps, possibly). I
> would be interested in gaining insight into this phenomenon, as well.
>
> I will happily take responses off-list, but I am betting many schools on
> this list would be interested in hearing examples of what has
> worked--keeping the kids you have can be a whole lot easier than finding
> new
> ones. I would plan on following up by phone with a few schools as
> information surfaces.
>
> Many thanks, as always, for the support and help of people on these
> listservs. And thanks in advance for any responses.
>
> Cheers--Peter Gow
>
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