Because returning to in-person instruction too soon and without comprehensive health and safety measures will lead to dire risks and consequences, many districts are choosing to start off the 2020-21 school year fully remote. However, districts can still leverage this period of fully-remote time as an opportunity to proactively address the complicated details that are sure to arise when it becomes time to gradually transition into safely serving more students in person. "The Economics of Remote to In-Person School Transitions" outlines four starting points and shares sample analysis of three key design levers that district leadership teams can use to help plan and implement these transitions when the time is right for their context.