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title: The School App Business Case | School Journey
description: "A one-page, fill-in business case for a Blackbaud-connected family app: cost per family, staff time, front office questions, urgent reach, and family retention."
image: https://home.schooljourney.com/hubfs/app-business-case-preview.jpg
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# One page your head of school can say yes to

A fill-in business case for a Blackbaud-connected family app. Cost per family, staff time, front office questions, urgent reach, and family retention, in your school’s own numbers.

![Preview of the one-page business case: a cost per family table, four sources of return, and a decision box for your head of school](https://home.schooljourney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/app-business-case-preview.jpg?width=772&height=1000&name=app-business-case-preview.jpg)

your numbers, on one page

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## What's inside

Everything a communications lead needs to make the case for a family app, on a single page you fill in and hand to your head of school. Planning the rollout too? Pair it with our [six-week app launch plan](https://home.schooljourney.com/six-week-app-launch-plan?hsLang=en).

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### Cost per family

What School Journey costs per family at 200, 500, and 800 students, plus a row for your own numbers.

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### Staff time and questions

Fill-in math for posting once, and a before-and-after tally of routine front office questions.

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### Family retention

The tuition math that shows how keeping one family can pay for years of the app.

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### Measures and a decision

Six measures to report after the first term, and a box for owner, budget line, and launch date.

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