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District pilots website AI chatbot and internal document notebooks to speed answers and staff research
Summary
Flagler Schools rolled out a website AI chatbot for public FAQs and is piloting an internal NotebookLM research tool for staff to query school policy and handbooks; staff said the systems are siloed to district sources, can cite documents and will be monitored and expanded with guardrails.
Flagler County Schools on Aug. 26 demonstrated a pilot AI chatbot on the district website and a separate internal tool for staff research that searches uploaded policy and handbook documents. Presenters said both tools are configured to pull from district sources and cited an approximate annual hosting cost of roughly $6,000–$7,000 for the customer‑facing chatbot.
Why it matters: the chatbot can deliver instant, sourced answers for parents and reduce routine contact volume to central offices; the internal NotebookLM tool lets staff search board policy, the student code of conduct and other PDFs…
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