Spreadsheets are a great starting point for a small school — until enrollment crosses a couple hundred students and multiple staff members need to update the same file simultaneously.
The warning signs are consistent: version-control confusion ("which fee sheet is the latest?"), attendance registers that don't match report card data, and an office team spending more time reconciling numbers than helping parents.
Moving to a unified platform doesn't just save time — it eliminates the quiet errors that spreadsheets hide until report card season, when they suddenly become very visible.