David Douglas workshop previews draft generative-AI guidance, student use scale and data-protection limits

District staff and the district EdTech committee presented an initial draft of generative-AI guidance and a proposed "student use scale" at a David Douglas School District workshop, explaining survey results, recommended safety limits and next steps for classroom rollout.

The guidance, prepared by district EdTech members and distributed to staff in draft form, frames AI as a tool to support instruction rather than replace educators; it emphasizes data protection, human decision-making and AI literacy. The presentation said staff should not input personally identifiable student or staff information into AI tools, and that AI tools must comply with the district's digital program review process and security standards.

The EdTech team described two district-approved tools the district plans to make available to staff and students: Securly Chat (described as available for all grade levels and designed for under‑13 use) and Google Gemini for Education (described as available to students age 13 and older through the district's Google for Education suite). Presenters said the tools are configured to meet FERPA-related privacy requirements and that model-training data will not be exposed to the wider public…