Alta drafted the decision, the known and unknown, three options with tradeoffs, and a proposed course marked as its own reading. Work this removes: Writing the options memo yourself before the board asks for one.
Demo Demo. Cedar Hollow is invented; no figure here comes from a real school. Every send is simulated.
Decisions · prepared work
Decision brief: Closing the enrollment gap before January
- The decision
- Whether to fill some of the 12-seat gap from the waitlist now, wait for Ridgeline’s January estimate, or both.
- Known
- Projection 418 vs. budget 430 (Dana, Sep 28). Waitlist 14 in grades 1–3 (Luis, Sep 28). Enrollment policy section 4 allows mid-year entry from the waitlist (confirmed by Luis, Aug). Class sizes in grades 1–2 allow 8 more seats (Luis, Sep 28).
- Unknown
- Per-pupil rate (not on file). Date of Ridgeline’s estimate. Whether the 14 waitlisted families are still interested.
Options
A · Offer seats now
Offer up to 8 seats in grades 1–2 this week.
Closes most of the gap before count day.
Mid-year entrants in grade 2 may lower assessment averages.
B · Wait for the estimate
Hold until Ridgeline names the January effect.
No decision on partial information.
Seats offered after count day may not count for January.
C · Offer now, hold the rest
Offer 8 now; hold the remaining 4 until the estimate.
Acts on what is known; keeps a reserve.
Two decisions to track instead of one.
Option C. Offer 8 seats in grades 1–2 now, where class sizes allow. Hold the remaining 4 seats until Ridgeline delivers the January estimate. Review on Fri, Jan 15, 2027.
Council counsel added: Finance and Enrollment for; Academics would cap grade 2 at four seats.
What this draft could not establish
The dollar effect of the gap. Whether the September 23 finance check-in produced a date for the estimate.
Nothing here is decided. Confirming is a separate step, and sending a message is another.