Orlando, Florida · September 19, 2026
Seven guides for school founders and boards, and a succession readiness checklist
Most of the questions we hear from founders and boards are the same questions, so we wrote the answers down. The new Guides section on cleardirectionschools.com covers seven of them:
- What happens when a school founder retires
- Options for handing over a private school
- How independent schools change hands
- What a school management company does
- How private schools pay for new buildings
- Succession planning for Montessori schools
- How to grow enrollment at an independent school
Alongside them is a free Succession Readiness Checklist: twenty-eight questions a founder or a board can work through before any outside conversation begins, covering the school's people, its finances, its facilities, and its story. It arrives by email the moment it's requested.
About Clear Direction Schools
Clear Direction Schools is a family company that builds and operates independent schools in Florida. Founded in 1990, it works with two schools, Central Florida Preparatory School in Orlando and Crestwell School in Fort Myers, nearly 1,000 students in all, and with other independent schools on acquisitions, management, and campus development. Press and company inquiries: [email protected] or 407-625-6207.
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