K–12 Education

Built by people who've sat in your chair.

Roughly a quarter of our team came from K–12 IT leadership. We speak board, budget, E-Rate, and student safety fluently, and we frame every recommendation around student outcomes, not vendor quotas.

Our education practice

We speak board, budget, E-Rate, and student safety fluently.

A quarter of our team came from K–12 IT leadership. That means fewer translation sessions, faster trust, and recommendations that actually survive the board meeting.

Pine Cove team member rolling a laptop charging cart through a busy school hallway lined with student artwork and lockers

What we hear

The conversations that bring you here.

01

Board-ready reporting

Stop translating vendor jargon into school-board language. We hand you the deck.

02

Budget predictability

No surprise renewals. Multi-year roadmaps that survive levy cycles.

03

Student safety, end-to-end

From content filtering to physical security: one accountable team.

04

E-Rate without the headache

We've shepherded districts through Form 470/471 since the program existed.

Pathfinder 360 for Education

The framework, in your language.

See the full framework

For school districts, Pathfinder 360 means quarterly check-ins your board understands, an annual technology Summit aligned to the school calendar, and a 90-day rolling plan that respects how schools actually buy.

  • 25% of our staff are former K–12 IT directors
  • E-Rate familiar: Form 470/471 support
  • Student data privacy expertise (FERPA, COPPA)
  • District-scale Pathfinder 360 engagements

In the field

What this looks like in practice.

K–12 Education · WY

District restored to teaching in three days

Full district network rebuilt after a ransomware event, with classrooms back online ahead of schedule and a hardened security posture in place.

72hrsto full recovery

K–12 Education · MT

K–12 wireless refresh across 14 buildings

E-Rate-funded wireless refresh delivered on a tight summer window, with zero classroom downtime when school resumed.

14 sitessummer cutover

Where we focus

Services that matter most for education.

Walk into your next board meeting with a plan.

One call. No pitch. We'll listen first.

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