Your students' records are on a vendor's server, behind a subscription that renews every year. Bits of the Machine moves that infrastructure onto district hardware you own and control — with AI tools for staff that work the same way. And free civic education software for the classroom that actually engages students.
Talk to Us →FERPA compliance lives in a vendor contract, not in the architecture. When the network goes down during a fire evacuation, your student information system goes with it. When the subscription lapses, your data history is held hostage. Small districts in particular face a compounding problem: the software they need is priced for large districts, the staff to manage it is underfunded, and the data it generates belongs to someone else.
Student records, attendance, and IEP tracking on district-owned infrastructure. No vendor access. FERPA compliance built into the architecture — not delegated to a terms of service clause.
Offline-first operation means the school day continues when connectivity fails. During fire season evacuations — when you most need to know who is where — your systems keep working.
Structured data export for CALPADS and LCAP requirements. The reports your staff currently build manually get generated from the same data that runs the school day.
Aegis Box runs large language models locally for district staff — lesson planning, communication drafting, data analysis — without student data touching any external AI provider.
Bit Munch: US Elections Edition is free, browser-based, and uses real ballot data from 2016–2026. Students engage with actual elections — propositions, races, misinformation patterns — without a login or a subscription.
One-time hardware cost replaces recurring per-seat subscriptions. The district owns the infrastructure. No renewal negotiation. No vendor leverage at contract time.
Bit Munch: US Elections Edition is live right now at bitsofthemonth.com/bitmunch — free, no login, no app install. It uses real ballot data and teaches civic literacy through gameplay. A free educator guide and printable Troggle Field Guide are included. Try it yourself before you bring it to the classroom.
Sonoma County Unified and small rural districts particularly relevant. Conversations welcome at any stage.