The Mission Meritas group had good intentions improving Rancho Solano Schools after they bought it in 2007; however, they didn’t take in consideration the huge impact these changes were going to have in the organization and stakeholder.
Members of the organization and stakeholders began to receive mix signals when they decided to change the name of the school from “Rancho Solano Private School” to “Rancho Solano Preparatory School”; however, they understood a new organization took over and they were trying to develop their own identity. Other organizations noticed potential to succeed and moved in the area around 2011, this affected the Mission Meritas group because they took in some of their students. Then, five years later (2012) the Mission Meritas group decided to close two campuses (Union Hills campus and Missouri campus) allegedly due to the low enrollment. This “strategic” move affected members of the
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Students were schedule to return to class on January 7, 2014 after winter break; however, the return date was on Tuesday, instead of Monday, this created doubts on members of the organization and stakeholders; their doubts were cleared on January 6, 2014, when they were contacted by Hillcrest campus middle school principal to notified them that the Hillcrest campus middle school was ending their operations at the end of the semester. The news created confusion among members of the organization and stakeholders, they felt betrayed, due to the fact that they were told everything was fine, when in reality it wasn’t. The date chosen by Mission Meritas group