In the routine of getting the budget set, it’s easy to fall into the compliance trap. We fund policies, platforms, and best practice solutions because they are safe and documentable.

But these can carry a hidden cost that doesn't appear until later on: The destruction of staff capacity. More is not always more.

1️⃣ Initiative Overload: 100% busy but 0% effective. 

2️⃣ The Maintenance Trap: Serving the audit, not the student. 

3️⃣ The Capacity Gap: Buying a task, not a solution.

🤔 School leaders: Which line item in your new budget is the most difficult to justify in terms of actual classroom impact?