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The school where Chromebooks just work and the audit is ready.

CIPA filtering. FERPA-aware controls. The 1:1 device fleet that comes back from summer ready for day one. Managed IT for the small district, private academy, or single-school office where the tech director is also the science teacher.

·· 01 ·· Where schools get hit

The risks we see at small schools and districts

CIPA filtering gaps

E-rate funding requires CIPA-compliant content filtering. The filtering working on the desktops doesn't always cover BYOD on the staff Wi-Fi or the iPads in the lower grades. The audit notices.

Student-information-system exposure

PowerSchool, Skyward, or Infinite Campus holds the FERPA record. Most schools we meet still have legacy local-admin access on every teacher laptop — one click away from a problem.

1:1 device repair pipeline

The Chromebook with the cracked screen is a math class with no math. A repair workflow plus spare-pool sizing keeps the classroom moving.

Phishing aimed at the business office

Vendor-banking-change emails targeting the business manager and the superintendent's executive assistant. A documented wire-change-confirmation rule is the cheapest single control on the list.

·· 02 ·· The managed stack

The Micro-IT K-12 stack

A small school or single-building district on our managed stack gets the same defense-in-depth we deploy at municipalities, with CIPA-aligned filtering on the wire and the Wi-Fi, FERPA-aware policies on every staff account, and a 1:1 device program that doesn't need the technology director to live in the help-desk queue.

  • Managed Endpoint on every staff device
  • Managed Inbox with advanced anti-phishing (M365 or Google Workspace EDU)
  • Managed Site with CIPA-aligned content filtering
  • 1:1 device management (Chromebook or Windows fleet)
  • FERPA-aware account & access controls
  • E-rate-aware procurement & documentation
·· 03 ·· Software we speak

Education software we've worked with

Student information systems: PowerSchool, Skyward, Infinite Campus, FACTS SIS (private schools), RenWeb. Learning management: Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft 365 Education, Canvas, Schoology, Seesaw. Device management: Google Admin Console (Chromebook), Intune (Windows 1:1), and Jamf School (iPad). Content filtering: GoGuardian, Securly, Lightspeed, plus the NextDNS profile we layer for staff and out-of-classroom traffic.

·· 04 ·· The first 90 days

What changes in the first 90 days

Most schools we onboard arrive with a part-time tech director or contracted "computer person," a Chromebook fleet that's drifted out of policy, and a CIPA story that's verbal rather than documented. By day 90, the fleet is in policy compliance, the CIPA filtering covers every network surface, the FERPA controls have evidence files, the E-rate Form 470 / 471 cycle is on a calendar, and the help desk picks up when a teacher calls.

Available across the region: Paducah, KY · Murray, KY · Mayfield, KY · Cape Girardeau, MO · Carbondale, IL · Hopkinsville, KY — full service-area list at Western Kentucky & the region.

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Common questions

What does managed IT for schools include?
Managed IT for schools includes EDR-protected staff devices, email security on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace for Education, CIPA-aligned content filtering across every network surface, 1:1 device management for Chromebook, Windows, or iPad fleets, FERPA-aware account and access controls, and E-rate-aware procurement and documentation. For a small district or private academy, it replaces the tech-director-who-is-also-the-science-teacher model with a help desk that picks up when a teacher calls.
How do CIPA and FERPA affect a small school’s IT?
CIPA-compliant content filtering is a condition of E-rate funding, and the usual failure is coverage — filtering that works on the desktops but misses BYOD on the staff Wi-Fi or the iPads in the lower grades. FERPA lives in the student information system: PowerSchool, Skyward, or Infinite Campus holds the record, so access controls and evidence files matter more than any single product. Our FERPA checklist for schools covers what’s expected in plain English.
How much does managed IT cost for a school?
Published rates are $79 per device per month for managed staff devices, $20 per mailbox per month, and from $149 per location per month for the managed network; a typical school adds 1:1 device management on top, so we prepare a written quote tied to the actual staff and student fleet. Every plan includes EDR with 24/7 SOC monitoring, MFA enforcement, DNS filtering, and immutable, restore-tested backups. Start with the pricing page.
What happens when a Chromebook breaks mid-semester?
The Chromebook with the cracked screen is a math class with no math — so the 1:1 program includes a repair workflow plus spare-pool sizing that keeps the classroom moving while the device is fixed, and fleet policy management so the loaner behaves exactly like the original.

Want a school-IT quote? We'll bring the CIPA evidence binder.

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