Case Study: Springside Chestnut Hill Academy reduces attendance reconciliation from 90 minutes to near zero with Orah

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy cuts attendance reconciliation from 90 minutes to near zero with Orah

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, a day school with over 1,100 students, faced a significant challenge in managing student attendance across its large, multi-building campus. The process was highly manual and time-consuming, requiring four deans to spend 90 minutes daily on reconciliation and parent outreach to account for student whereabouts, which was further complicated by off-campus privileges and public streets running through the property.

The school implemented Orah's attendance and pass management platform to create a centralized, automated system. The solution integrated with their existing SIS, Blackbaud, and utilized NFC tiles for student check-outs. This reduced the daily attendance reconciliation time from 90 minutes to nearly zero, processing over 4,500 passes monthly. The time savings allowed deans to shift from administrative tasks to strategic student success conversations with families. Orah also provided automated alerts for patterns like chronic lateness, replacing manual spreadsheet work.

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