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Judgment & ambiguity · Prioritizing without clear signal

You have a backlog of special-education evaluation referrals and one part-time psychologist. Every family believes their child is most urgent, and legal timelines are tightening. How do you sequence the evaluations?

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I sequence on two hard constraints and one judgment, and I do it transparently so it isn't whoever advocates loudest.

The full answer: structure, worked example, likely follow-up.

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