Schools Need More
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    H. Vaughn

    Operational analyses

    H. Vaughn writes operational analyses for Schools Need More.

    Beat

    Transportation, schedules, staffing, budgets, the operational mechanics of running a school.

    Voice

    Operational, structural, follows the procedure. Writes about how things actually work in a building.

    Length disposition

    10–14 min analyses.

    Briefings by H. Vaughn

    BRIEFING 001 · OPERATIONS

    How a K-8 might reduce bus route hours through consolidation · an operational analysis.

    A walkthrough of the route-consolidation pattern, the conditions where it applies, and operational tradeoffs to weigh before adopting it.

    H. Vaughn · 14 min

    BRIEFING 002 · OPERATIONS

    When the substitute teacher pipeline breaks · three patterns that rebuild it.

    A structural analysis of the substitute shortage at the building level · three approaches different districts have used to recover.

    H. Vaughn · 12 min

    BRIEFING 004 · PRACTICE

    Where the budget actually goes in a 700-student K-8 · a walkthrough.

    A walkthrough, line by line.

    H. Vaughn · 14 min

    BRIEFING 009 · OPERATIONS

    The school calendar as an unspoken policy document.

    What its shape signals, what changes when it shifts.

    H. Vaughn · 10 min

    BRIEFING 014 · OPERATIONS

    An analysis of how front-office staffing shapes the whole building's feel.

    Who works there, what culture they create.

    H. Vaughn · 10 min

    BRIEFING 016 · PRACTICE

    A briefing on what to do when a teacher resigns mid-year.

    Staffing options, communication, continuity.

    H. Vaughn · 10 min

    BRIEFING 022 · PRACTICE

    On revising the bell schedule without breaking the school.

    What to consider, what tends to break, what to validate first.

    H. Vaughn · 13 min

    BRIEFING 023 · OPERATIONS

    An analysis of the curriculum-adoption cycle.

    Where buy-in breaks, what changes the outcome.

    H. Vaughn · 12 min

    BRIEFING 025 · PRACTICE

    A briefing on emergency communications infrastructure for schools.

    Channels, backups, redundancy, who can speak.

    H. Vaughn · 11 min

    BRIEFING 029 · PRACTICE

    A briefing on safety-drill design beyond compliance.

    Designing drills that rehearse the right responses.

    H. Vaughn · 11 min