Plan the school year, not the spreadsheet.
Every event of the year — owners, deadlines, and accountability already wired in. Not another blank workspace.
Free through September 30, 2027. No credit card.
- FERPA-aligned by design
- Per-school data isolation
- DPA on request
Not another blank workspace.
Drop the event on a date and the lead-up back-fills itself. Here's the shape of the six heaviest playbooks — counts published on each card, so you can check our work.
50 tasks
first task fires 33 weeks out · owners preassigned
29 tasks
first task fires 5 weeks out · owners preassigned
38 tasks
first task fires 7 weeks out · owners preassigned
20 tasks
first task fires 4 weeks out · owners preassigned
Don’t see yours? support@bellplan.app — we build new playbooks with the schools that need them, usually inside a week.
AHERA. NSLP. IDEA timelines. Title I.
Already on the calendar, already assigned.
The federally mandated year is filed into your calendar before you sign in — each deadline lands with its lead-up work attached and an owner on point. Nobody has to remember.
- AugNSLP verification opensFront office
- SepFire drill 1 of 10 · monthlyCustodial
- OctTitle I plan due to districtLeadership
- NovIDEA annual review cycleCounseling
- Dec
- JanCRDC data windowFront office
- FebAHERA 6-month surveillanceFacilities
- MarTitle I evidence collectionLeadership
- Apr
- MayNSLP verification reportFront office
- JunIDEA timeline audit closeCounseling
Federal baseline: 100% preloaded. State-specific additions vary — we add your state’s on the setup call.
The year survives turnover.
When the office manager retires, work re-routes to the role, not to a name. Custodial as a role doesn't quit. Maria as a name does. Build for the role.
The principal sees what's blocked — and nothing else.
Day 1 opens on the Today view: the four things that need a decision, sorted by what's blocked, with the department on point already attached.
- No “My Tasks” inbox with 40 strangers — just the morning
- Blocked work surfaces before it becomes Friday’s emergency
The honest comparison.
School operations is a strange shape. Not project management. Not a calendar. Not a wiki. Here's what each alternative actually does — and where it falls down for K-12 specifically.
Spreadsheet
Asana / Monday
Airtable / Notion
BellPlan
Knows what “Back-to-School Night” is
You teach it, every year, by hand.
No — it's a project shell.
You can build it. Most don't.
Yes — six K-12 bundles, written by admins.
“Our district already pays for PowerSchool”
PowerSchool knows who's enrolled. The sheet still runs the year.
Doesn't talk to it. Doesn't need to.
A sync somebody has to build.
Keep it. PowerSchool is the system of record. BellPlan is the system of action — it knows the fire drill is due.
Cost for a 600-student school
“Free.” Plus Maria’s Saturday.
$2,500+/yr at the seat count needed.
$2,200+/yr, plus the build.
$899/yr founding rate. $1,499/yr Standard. Published, no sales call.
Routes work to the right department
By email, by hand, by tab.
Yes, if you assign every task by name.
With the right view, yes. After setup.
Yes — tasks ship with a role baked in.
What the principal opens at 7:30am
Yesterday's tab.
A “My Tasks” inbox with 40 strangers.
A dashboard somebody built once.
The Today view, built for that moment.
Setup time before it's useful
Inherited — ~6 hours of cleanup.
2-4 weeks of template building.
4-8 weeks — you become an Airtable shop.
Same afternoon. 15-minute onboarding call.
Not every school needs BellPlan. If your year fits in one tab and nobody’s mad about it, keep the spreadsheet. We mean it.
Live before the first bell.
The best speed claim in this category is “six weeks, with an experienced guide.” Ours is: it's already built.
Pick your playbook.
Elementary, middle, or high — six starters, K-12.
Your year appears.
The full year, owners attached, August to June. You typed nothing.
Review. Hide what's not yours.
Month by month, three buttons per row. The cycle math holds.
Live before the first bell.
7:31 AM. The Today view runs the morning.
Bring the spreadsheet. We'll do the rest.
You don't need time to switch. You need 15 minutes — we port last year's spreadsheet onto BellPlan on the call, while you watch.
| Event | When | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Back to School night | Sept?? | ask Maria |
| graduation stuff | #REF! | Dave (left?) |
| fire drills (see tab 4) | monthly? | custodian |
| Testing week | March | TBD |
- Aug25 events
- Sep34 events
- Oct33 events
- Nov17 events
- Dec12 events
- Jan24 events
- Feb17 events
- Mar20 events
- Apr17 events
- May22 events
- Jun12 events
- Jul10 events
Ready?
Hand the spreadsheet back.
We’ll port last year’s spreadsheet onto BellPlan for you, on the call.
Free through September 30, 2027. No credit card.
Small U.S.-based team. Every email reaches a real person.