Brighton presents blueprint updates on mental health, curriculum alignment and purchase of AI tool for classrooms
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District leaders reviewed progress on the Brighton Blueprint, highlighting expanded mental-health partnerships, curriculum and grading work, technology guidelines, program evaluations and the district's purchase of an AI tool called Magic School.
District leaders presented updates to the Brighton Blueprint at the Board of Education meeting on May 27, outlining work in mental health, curriculum alignment, technology guidelines and program evaluations.
Dr. Allison Rio and other district leaders described multiple mental-health initiatives, including continued partnership work with URMC and Golisano and an upcoming parent program called SPACE (Supporting Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) slated to begin this summer. The district’s mental-health steering committee also coordinated with staff to update a family resource page intended to centralize support information for families.
Diana Spagnola and others reviewed curriculum work at multiple grade bands. The district moved curriculum maps and unit plans into PowerSchool; secondary teachers conducted a cross-grade “student work” review to aid curriculum revision, and committees made recommendations for K–8 academic intervention services. The board heard that equitable-grading guidance for grades 6–12 has been completed and will be unpacked with staff next year.
On technology, district leaders said a technology-guidelines rollout is planned for summer professional learning days. The presentation named a district-selected artificial intelligence tool to support instruction: “We’ve decided to purchase and we have purchased an artificial intelligence tool for our students and our teachers to use beginning next school year, Magic School,” the presenter said.
Program evaluations in music, health and world languages were discussed; some teams completed recommendations this school year and others will continue over the summer and into the fall. Jeff Green said the district has launched a consolidated family resource page and plans to review climate-and-culture survey results over the summer.
Operations leadership reported continued emphasis on safety, security, continuity of operations and human-capital investment, including planned large-scale training exercises with first responders.
None of the blueprint items required an immediate vote at the meeting; the session was informational and aimed at soliciting community input and signaling next steps for staff work and public engagement.
