1 · The assessment · complete
tap to openFive staff interviews, the readout, and the roadmap below. The full assessment fee is credited toward the District AIOS install when the district moves forward.
2 · Working together · Fractional CIO
tap to openOne flat monthly fee covers the CIO relationship: advisory, vendor and licensing management, a quarterly report your board can read, a staff support channel, and AIOS maintenance. Roadmap projects are priced per build — and the retainer level earns a discount on every build: 15%, 30%, or 50%.
For scale: the C&MA National Office is currently hiring one Director for Infrastructure & Security at $100,000–$115,000 plus benefits, roughly $10,400–$12,500 a month, and that role reports to an AVP for IT. A full-time technology hire in Frederick runs $17,000–$19,000 a month loaded. Every plan here is a fraction of either number.
3 · The roadmap · built month by month
tap to openThe District AIOS is the foundation; every capability below runs on top of it. Each project carries a one-time build price — quoted before any work begins, discounted by your retainer level, and invoiced only when that project is complete: when a project is ready, you review it and click Accept, and it is billed that month. If no issue is raised within 10 business days, it is accepted automatically. The retainer is billed monthly. Pick the month you want each project done; some take more than a month. Once a capability is live, its upkeep (hosting, monitoring, fixes when Microsoft changes something) is included in any retainer; without one, it is added to the monthly bill. The order below is the build order.