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Stoughton Area School District board approves three-year library media plan with author visits, AI training goals
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The Stoughton Area School District Board of Education approved a three-year library media plan required by state rule that emphasizes annual author visits, expanded student engagement with literature and staff/student training on ethical use of artificial intelligence.
The Stoughton Area School District Board of Education on Monday approved the district's three-year library media plan and directed staff to upload the plan to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to meet state requirements.
The plan, presented by Kathy Gargano of the library media team, covers the 2025-26 through 2027-28 school years and uses the Future Ready Librarians framework as its organizing structure. "The plan that we're presenting would start with the 20 five-twenty 6 school year and run through the 20 seven-twenty 8 school year," Gargano said during the board meeting.
The plan sets at least two major goals. First, the district will enhance student engagement with literature by providing annual author experiences across all K-12 schools: two years of virtual author visits (live or recorded) followed by an in-person visit in the third year. Gargano cited the…
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