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Board adds 'artificial intelligence' to digital citizenship policy
Summary
The Eatonville School District Board approved a change to its digital citizenship and media literacy policy to explicitly include artificial intelligence; the change was described as a first step toward procedures and community education.
The Eatonville School District Board voted to adopt an update to Policy 2023, inserting the term "artificial intelligence" into the district's digital citizenship and media literacy policy.
Board member Travis, speaking during the motion's discussion, said the change "is just adding the basic word artificial intelligence into our digital citizenship and media literacy policy based on the fact of the direction of which technology is going." He described the amendment as a platform for the district to develop procedures and educate students and the community about appropriate uses and risks of AI.
The board approved the policy during new/unfinished business after a prior first reading. The change is intended to keep the district's digital media and literacy work aligned with current technology and to prompt follow-up work on curriculum and community education.
Why it matters: District policies that guide digital citizenship frame classroom expectations, staff training and parent communications about technology use. Adding AI to a policy signals the district intends to address AI's role in student work, instruction and media literacy going forward.
What the board said would happen next: Board discussion emphasized that adopting the policy text is only the beginning; staff and the board will work on procedures, instruction and community education to explain "what it can be used for, what it's not, and how it can be used for good and for harm," in the words of the presenting board member.
Ending: The motion passed with no recorded opposition.
