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Mustang schools outline AI guidance, plan staff training and limited paid access to ChatGPT and Gemini
Summary
The district presented an AI implementation overview, proposed guidance (not a binding policy), plans for professional development this fall, and limited paid accounts for staff to support classroom use while protecting student data.
Shanda, the district director of instructional technology, told the Mustang Public Schools Board of Education that the district has begun a phased rollout of artificial-intelligence tools for teachers and students and will present a general AI policy to the board in coming weeks.
Shanda said the district has used AI-generated materials experimentally and has observed limits in accuracy and images. She described a year of research and outreach — including attendance at the TCEA technology conference in Austin, webinars, and conversations with other districts — and said Mustang decided to create "guidelines" rather than an immediately binding policy so the rules can be updated quickly as the technology changes.
The presentation outlined three uses demonstrated during 2024–25: classroom editing and revision (senior English teachers allowed students to use AI for editing and drafting with teacher direction), an assessment-driven phonics intervention workflow (described in the presentation as a program called UFLY), and teacher-facing productivity tools that…
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