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Gateway SD to pilot SchoolAI after AI fellowship presentation
Summary
Gateway School District technology coach Troy Ulovit told the board the district will pilot a teacher‑controlled AI platform called SchoolAI this spring under an AI fellowship funded by the Henry Hillman Foundation.
Troy Ulovit, the district's technology coach, told the Gateway School District board that the district will pilot a teacher‑controlled artificial intelligence platform called SchoolAI as part of an Allegheny Intermediate Unit AI fellowship funded by the Henry Hillman Foundation.
The pilot will run roughly two months and focus on K–12 classrooms where teachers volunteer to participate, Ulovit said. He described SchoolAI as a “walled garden” version of chat tools — teachers create controlled spaces, monitor student interactions in real time, and tune responses for differentiated instruction.
“There's a free edition of this, so don't get me wrong,” Ulovit said, adding that the district negotiated a paid teacher license package for about $1,000 that will support roughly 50 educators and 75 students in the pilot. He said the district has about 20 neighboring school districts in the fellowship and that the Hillman Foundation covered conference travel costs.
Ulovit said teachers who signed up on a Google form could begin the pilot as soon as next week and that he will report results at upcoming AIU meetings. He said the pilot will include demonstration videos and classroom examples for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and for staff training.
Board member John Ritter suggested students use AI tools to develop questions and ideas for redevelopment of the Monroeville Mall, and Ulovit recommended prompting strategies such as asking an AI to generate follow‑up questions to refine a project prompt.
Ulovit emphasized student safety and data security as priorities. “We're trying to pick something that we think is pretty good, is very secure, and does a good job with the instruction,” he said. He also noted built‑in translation features that could assist English‑language learners.
The presentation closed with board members expressing interest in seeing pilot results and in attending demonstrations at the AIU.
The board did not take a formal vote to adopt or fund the pilot during the meeting; Ulovit described licensing and pilot logistics and identified a reporting expectation to the AIU in May.
