As you, the School Head, move year by year through your strategic plan and its accompanying strategic financial plan, you may find your Board of Trustees focusing annually on the enrollment line (line 1A in the “Sample Strategic Financial Plan” on page 31 of this issue), the net tuition revenue line (line 2), the expense line (line 5), or other meaningful lines within the spreadsheet’s 13-line basic format. We suggest you be most proactive, however, in teaching and re-teaching the overriding importance of line 6 (hard income P&L), the line that tells the most comprehensive and accurate story regarding your success in moving the school forward in ways fully consonant with your six-year planning document.