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Kirkwood R‑VII starts small AI pilot with Magic School and Flint; closed systems and training prioritized
Summary
District technology leaders described a small, permissioned pilot using two closed AI platforms (Magic School and Flint) with six educators, emphasized teacher training and student privacy protections, and recommended phased expansion and required training before wider rollout.
District technology and instructional leaders told the Board of Education that Kirkwood School District is piloting artificial-intelligence tools in classrooms on a tightly controlled, small scale and that the district plans to prioritize closed systems, training and privacy protections as access expands.
Director of Technology Kevin Rich Miller said teachers have access to AI on district teacher devices but student access on district devices is blocked except for a micro pilot: "all of our KSD teachers currently have access on their core board devices to access AI ... our students, on Kirkwood devices are blocked. The only exception to that is we have a micro pilot" that provides student access with permission.
Miller and other presenters framed the pilot as intentionally small and people-focused. The district has adopted a board policy governing AI use and corresponding administrative procedures (referenced in the presentation as board policy EHBD), formed a KSD AI committee of…
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