Selling your school is more than a transaction—it’s a major life decision tied to your team, your families, and something you’ve spent years building. In this Operator Spotlight, we share an anonymized seller story that walks through what it was really like to take a school to market with SchoolWise Partners—from the first confidential conversation to closing day.

This feature pulls back the curtain on the process: how we positioned the school, built a compelling narrative and marketing package, ran a confidential outreach to qualified buyers, created competitive tension, and managed diligence so the owner could stay focused on operations. You’ll see the real milestones, the common surprises, and the decisions that shaped outcome, timing, and certainty of close.

What you’ll learn:

• Why the owner chose to sell—and what “ready” looked like

• How valuation was determined and what drove the final range

• How confidentiality was protected with staff, parents, and the market

• What due diligence actually felt like (and how we avoided deal drag)

• The key terms that mattered most at LOI and in the final agreement

• The seller’s biggest lessons and advice to owners considering a future sale

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