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Board hears staff proposals to teach AI and build internal policy tools
Summary
Board members discussed classroom uses of generative AI, teacher training, environmental and curricular concerns, and a planned internal chatbot to locate district policies for board members and staff.
HARRISON COUNTY — Board members and staff spent a substantial portion of the session discussing how Harrison County Schools might use artificial intelligence in instruction, staff training and internal information systems.
Several board members said teachers should learn how to use AI tools and that the district should start considering instructional rollouts in the coming school year. A staff member said the state is developing an AI policy but that the district should prepare a mirror policy focused on classroom safeguards and teacher training.
District staff described three practical paths for AI work: 1) train teachers on AI tools that can increase productivity and generate grade-appropriate content; 2) develop teacher-level safeguards and assessment approaches so instructors can detect mismatches between a student’s known writing style and AI-generated work; and 3) build narrowly scoped chatbots that contain only district policies or the text of a single adopted textbook so students and staff receive guidance tied strictly to approved sources.
A staff member summarized the internal tool the central office is testing: "What Todd and I have been trying to work on a little bit... you'll be able to — we wanna make it able to all the board members. If you have a question of, well, is this in code? Is this in our policies? You'll have a chatbot at your disposal that you can say, where's the what's the policy on shorts?" The speaker emphasized the tool would be limited to district-held documents and would not be given unrestricted internet access.
Board members also raised non-instructional concerns: energy use for some AI research tools, the need for clear student-facing guidance, and recent court cases and state-level developments that may affect how personal data and student interactions with AI are handled. Members asked administration to draft an AI policy aligned with the forthcoming state guidance and to include classroom safeguards in any instructional rollout.
Ending — Administration said it will work with department leads to develop a draft local AI policy, explore teacher training options for fall, and pilot internal chatbots that index district policies and approved curriculum materials.
