For superintendents, tech directors and boards
Take your district somewhere new.
Safe, practical AI, strong infrastructure and clear data, guided by a former district CIO who ran technology for 18,000 students. You stay in the driver's seat; we plan the route.
Permission slip No. 001
- Destination
- Safe, practical AI for our district
- Departing
- This semester
- Guide
- A former district CIO, 18,000 students
- Bring
- Your tech team, your data questions, your board's worries
I give permission for our district to explore AI with student privacy protected every step of the way.
Superintendent
Date
The itinerary
Six stops, proven in six Illinois districts
Start at any stop. Each one ends with something you can take to your board.
- Who owns whatTechnology role alignment: owners, gaps and single points of failure, with a board-ready scorecard.
- Who can see student dataA privacy and access review mapped to FERPA, CIPA, COPPA and SOPPA.
- AI with guardrailsBoard-ready AI policy, staff guidance and safe first use cases.
- The apps teachers already useAI tool vetting, an approved-apps list and data privacy agreements in place.
- The network under it allNetwork and Wi-Fi assessments plus E-Rate plans, from someone who has written approved ones.
- Where people are overloadedWorkload and capacity review, with staffing cases built from real data.
Know the rules of the road
The student privacy laws, handled
FERPAstudent records
COPPAchildren under 13
CIPAinternet safety and E-Rate
SOPPAIllinois student data
Fractional CIO for DistrictsTechnology leadership for districts that can't fill or afford the role.
Data Dashboards for School LeadersStudent information and assessment data turned into decisions.
AI Help Desk for District ITBellDesk+ so a small tech team keeps up with thousands of devices.
Staffing and FTE JustificationBoard-ready staffing cases built from real workload data.
18,000
Been in the seat
Led technology for an 18,000-student Illinois district as CIO.
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Proven frameworks
Refined across six Illinois districts, not invented for the proposal.
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Products to push
Vendor-neutral. No hardware or software to sell, just what's right for your students.
All aboard
Sign the slip. We'll plan the route.
A short call to hear what's weighing on your team. You'll leave with one clear next step, whether or not we work together.
Email Rich Fiore [email protected]