Then Kenney learned that the deal, the biggest in the company pipeline, could not be booked under generally accepted accounting principles until a contingency--school board approval--was met.
Between a six-day rotation and nearly a dozen types of timetables, the administrators could accommodate any contingency that might arise during the school year.
In a statement head teacher Judith Potts said the school had apologised to students and "contingency plans" had been put in place when the mistake over chemistry and biology assessments was realised.
For now, parents should review financial-aid letters and look for contingency statements or discrepancies in awards (for example, if one school claims the student will receive a federal grant but another doesn't).