The Value of SOLA

What could your district gain from SOLA?

SOLA is an investment in how your district runs: the dollars it spends, the hours its leaders keep, and the readiness of every school. Here is how that value comes from what SOLA actually does, and how to weigh it honestly.

Estimate your district’s value See where the value comes from

Weighing the investment

Your numbers, your assumptions, plain arithmetic.

The value of SOLA depends on your district. Two examples show the method, not a promise. Then use the calculator with your own figures, or walk through it with us in a demo.

Estimate the value for your district

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Estimate from your assumptions · not a guarantee

Recovered staff capacity

0 hours a year

Staff capacity returned to leadership work. Not a cash saving in the budget.

Operational savings you identify

Budget dollars, once your district acts on them.

Total potential annual value

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Safety readiness

Preparedness is real value, and it is not expressed in dollars here.

How each estimate works

Value	How to estimate it	Kind of value
Operational savings	Avoidable expense your district identifies and removes, line by line, using the cost measures it tracks in SOLA	Budget dollars, once acted on
Reporting capacity	Leaders × hours a week on reporting × weeks × expected reduction × loaded hourly cost	Staff capacity, not cash
Problems caught earlier	Issues that would otherwise grow, such as deferred maintenance, fleet downtime or unresolved incidents, noted as your district finds them	Avoided cost and risk; judged case by case
Safety readiness	Schools with a current approved plan, drills completed, staff with the plan on their phone, reports resolved and verified	Preparedness; not expressed in dollars
SOLA subscription	Your quoted annual subscription	Compare against the above

Every figure on this page is an estimate built from assumptions you choose. None is a guaranteed or documented result.

01 Financial stewardship

Save money

See cost pressure while there is still time to act on it.

How SOLA supports it

Cost, maintenance and budget measures for every department, scored against your district’s targets each period
Operational Intelligence concerns that show the evidence, the likely drivers and where to start
Up to eight quarters of your own history behind each concern

Measures in SOLA

Budget Variance Rate
Expenditure To Revenue Ratio
Cost Per Student Transported
M&O Cost Per Square Foot
Utility Cost Per Square Foot
Cost Per Hire

A SOLA Operational Intelligence concern for Maplecrest Unified: Budget Pressure Risk, with its owner, an eight-quarter trend, the evidence, the likely driver, a confidence rating and where to begin. — Budget Pressure Risk, a real concern in Maplecrest Unified, SOLA’s demonstration district.

02 Administrative efficiency

Save time

Fewer hours assembling reports. Fewer emails chasing them.

How SOLA supports it

One reporting cycle: every department submits its numbers in one place, on one schedule
Email reminders before the deadline, late notices after it, and escalation to the COO and Superintendent
Executive Summary and Board Summary built from what departments submit, with no separate deck to assemble

What to watch in your district

Hours spent preparing department reports
Follow-ups needed to collect numbers
Time to prepare board materials

SOLA Board Summary for Maplecrest Unified: District Health 92 of 100, 10 of 11 departments reporting, and department performance cards.

03 Operational risk reduction

Save money · Protect lives

Find the problems that get more expensive the longer they wait.

How SOLA supports it

Measures of deferred work, fleet condition, open incidents and security systems, each with a district target
A department’s status, KPIs needing attention and overdue reporting on one page
Field reports tracked from submission through review, assignment, resolution and district verification

Measures in SOLA

Deferred Maintenance Backlog Value
Fleet Out-of-Service Rate
Open Safety Incidents 30 Plus Days
Open Liability Claims 90 Plus Days
Critical Security Camera Downtime
Patch Compliance Rate

SOLA Department Analytics for the School Police Department at Maplecrest Unified: a score of 66 in Monitor, two KPIs needing attention, and the report overdue by 8 days.

04 Leadership effectiveness

Save time

One set of numbers, from the department to the board.

How SOLA supports it

District Health: one score built from every department, with each department’s contribution
Role-based views: department leaders see their department; district leadership sees every department
Concerns flagged for Superintendent attention and carried into board materials

What to watch in your district

District Health score and trend
Departments reporting on time
Concerns opened, investigated and resolved

SOLA Executive Summary for Maplecrest Unified: District Health 92, 98 percent core KPI coverage, an eight-quarter trend and KPI health distribution.

05 School safety and preparedness

Protect lives

Prepared before it happens. Informed when it matters.

How SOLA supports it

Safety plans built 100% in SOLA on your state’s published requirements, approved by the district and kept as versioned records
Safety Workbooks and Safety Compliance, with visibility into what is incomplete
The approved plan, emergency steps and school layout on every employee’s phone, even offline, and field reports from any school that reach the people who can act

What to watch in your district

Schools with a current approved plan
Employees with the plan on their phone
Required drills and activities completed
Field reports resolved and verified

The approved safety plan for Maplecrest Elementary in SOLA: version 2, approved for the 2026–2027 plan year, with emergency guidance for six emergency types.

SOLA Safety app showing the Maplecrest Elementary floor plan filtered to AEDs, a synthetic demonstration plan.

What we do not claim

Value you can defend to your board.

No guaranteed savings, and no customer savings figures we cannot document.
No claim that SOLA prevents emergencies or shortens response times by a set amount.
No machine learning claims. SOLA evaluates your numbers against your targets and your own history.
Concerns are reviewed in SOLA. Email covers reporting reminders, deadline notices, escalations, approvals and field report updates.

Discover what SOLA could mean for your district.

A 30-minute walkthrough of SOLA’s demonstration district. Bring your departments, your reporting calendar and your questions about value.

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