Schools should project an enrollment target of 100 students, at least by year 5, since 100 students tends to be one cut-off point for efficiency in schools. Schools open with a handful of students, and find they cannot afford the admissions staff to market the school and recruit additional students. Start-ups often have board volunteers in the administration roles to eliminate some salary costs, a strategy that make some budgetary sense but one that quickly becomes problematic in terms of governance. Salaries are set too low, so turnover is high. Schools ignore benefits and shortchange faculty and staff.
Schools seriously underprice the product by charging too little tuition.
Schools do not educate their parents regarding the need for annual giving. PA officers elected, via their own bylaws, but PA rep to board selected by the board.