K-12 Current-Parent to Alumni-Parent Retention & Transition Kit
A retention playbook for the K-12 'graduation cliff' — converting current-parent donors into ongoing alumni-parent and grandparent supporters with an 18-month post-graduation cultivation track.
Draft: pending review
This starter document is signed off by Independent-school advancement director (CASE-NAIS) + FERPA counsel before it ships. The guardrails below define that review.
What’s inside
- Segmentation of current parents by tenure and giving behavior
- Graduating-parent transition sequence and 18-month post-grad cultivation calendar
- Alumni-parent and grandparent giving-society design and recognition ladder
- Metrics: parent-donor retention through graduation, Year-1/Year-3 alumni-parent retention, LTV
Legal & ethical guardrails
The sector-specific compliance points this document must honor.
- Student/enrollment records are FERPA-protected; transitions must rely on parent contact/donor data, not repurposed educational records
- Keep philanthropy clearly separate from tuition, re-enrollment, and sibling admissions to avoid coercion concerns
- Directory/'stay connected' data sharing requires consent and must honor opt-outs
- Ethical care with families whose child departed involuntarily (dis-enrollment, hardship) — suppress rather than solicit
Held for professional review.
The native DOCX and full working text ship only after sign-off by Independent-school advancement director (CASE-NAIS) + FERPA counsel on this exact version. The summary and review requirements remain visible in the meantime.
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