Board requests district position on classroom use of AI after member raises concerns
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A board member told the Education Committee of an instance where a teacher reportedly encouraged a student to submit AI-generated writing; members asked administration to provide the district committee’s work and a proposed position statement on use of AI in instruction at the next meeting.
A lengthy discussion at the Education Committee centered on the classroom use of artificial intelligence after a board member described an incident in which a student was reportedly instructed to submit AI‑generated writing.
Board member Mr. Keenan said he had observed or been told of a case where a student was asked to compare a paragraph the student wrote with a paragraph produced by AI and was then instructed to “submit the AI — it’s better than yours.” Keenan said he worried the practice would become pervasive and urged the district to take a clear position and create guidelines about appropriate classroom use of AI tools.
Superintendent-level staff said the district already has an AI committee working on guidance. Administrators told the committee they could present the committee’s position statement and additional materials at the next Education Committee meeting and recommended that board members with specific concerns raise them directly with building administrators or teachers so administration could investigate particulars of any incident.
The committee agreed administrators should return next month with the AI committee’s work, sample policy language or guidance, and suggested next steps to clarify allowed and disallowed uses of AI in classrooms and how teachers should instruct students in age‑appropriate digital literacy.