to implement flat-rate pricing for demographic services to K-12 public school districts more than 20 years ago. Now, most firms offer that. Our idea was that every school district administrator needs to know what we’ll charge and what the final invoice would be. For 21 years, we have stayed in business with our flat-rate pricing on every project, which includes every expense for the project. There will never be additional charges for time spent answering phone calls, emails, making alterations to the project or whatever. Our goal has always been to give you information that you can act on and to make planning for your school district easier. It has never been to try to find ways to dollar you to death.

Preston Smith (left) is the owner of BIS, and is the project manager for every project. He is the point of contact for your district–not an intern or an entry-level support staff. He will oversee all deliverables from beginning to end, will attend all district meetings and will make sure the job is done right. For 21 years he has worked with school districts in 17 states on more than 200 demographic enrollment projects, and a total of more than 100 other projects for districts that included standardized test analysis, school boundary projects, matriculation patterns, and other specialized research. He has a graduate degree from an accredited university in public administration, with a specialization in statistics.