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Student Advisory Board outlines goals on AI guidance, vaping reduction and teen town halls
Summary
SUSD’s Student Advisory Board reported widely important goals including classroom AI guidance, vaping-reduction strategies, expanded ECAP activities during the school day, facilities surveys for future bonds and a schedule of teen town halls across high schools.
Student leaders from Scottsdale Unified’s Student Advisory Board presented a multi-part update to the governing board on Feb. 11 covering student leadership, widely important goals (WIGs) and upcoming teen town halls.
Fiona Riley (SAB president-elect) and student senators summarized subcommittee goals for the 2024–25 year:
- Academic excellence: Produce multimedia “day in the life” promotional content to showcase coursework and programs; students are meeting with principals and a cinematographer to plan videos.
- College and career readiness (CCR/ECAP): Increase ECAP (Education and Career Action Plan) components available during the school day across high schools (resume writing, internships, alumni chats). Students proposed a two-period block or use of early-release days to allow in-school career programming; they plan to coordinate with administrators to secure periods for ECAP activities.
- Technology and communications/AI: Create student-facing resources on appropriate classroom uses of artificial intelligence and how to avoid academic-integrity issues; materials will be distributed via Google Classroom.
- Safety and security/vaping: The safety subcommittee is focusing on strategies to reduce vaping on campus, reviewing incident data by location and grade, and connecting students to support services (social workers, psychologists). Students described a partnered “Escape the Vape” community event with health providers, Blue Zones, the Scottsdale mayor’s youth council and the Scottsdale youth substance abuse coalition; speakers included an HonorHealth physician and an American Cancer Society representative.
- Facilities: The facilities subcommittee plans to survey high school students about improvements for a potential future bond and to explore art-in-bathrooms strategies intended to reduce vandalism.
Students listed teen town hall dates at each high school (Arcadia, Chaparral, Coronado, Desert Mountain and Saguaro) and invited the board to attend. Trustees asked clarifying questions about AI guidance (how students learn when AI is permitted versus when it is an academic-integrity risk) and whether ECAP activities can be scheduled during class time; students said they were coordinating with administrators to secure in-day time for career development.
Why it matters: Student-driven WIGs show direct student engagement in district priorities (technology use, mental health and preventive programs) and provide administrators and the board a roadmap for student-focused supports.
