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Superintendent outlines crossing guards, student advisory council, AI training and community engagement plans
Summary
At the Dec. 17 meeting the superintendent reported the district will restore three crossing guards in partnership with the South Euclid Police, launch a 12-member student advisory council at Brush High School, continue 'Donuts with Dom' staff visits, form a community stakeholder group to advise on facilities planning, and hold teacher-led AI PD in
The superintendent delivered a report to the South Euclid Lyndhurst Board of Education on Dec. 17 that covered school safety, student engagement and planned professional development.
The superintendent said the district and the South Euclid Police Department will reintroduce three crossing guards at Adrian, Roland and Greenview; the positions will be managed through the police department with the district providing support. "We will be bringing back crossing guards, to Adrian, Roland, and Greenview," the superintendent said, and added the program is preliminary with details to be provided at a later meeting.
On student input, the superintendent said Brush High School students in grades 9–12 received an application for a new student advisory council. The district will select three students from each grade for a 12-member council; applications are due Jan. 10 and meetings will begin in February, the superintendent said.
The superintendent described a continuing "Donuts with Dom" initiative of informal staff visits to buildings, and said a community stakeholder group to advise the district's building master facilities plan will be formed with an application process to ensure a diverse membership of teachers, business leaders and construction or trades professionals.
On artificial intelligence, the superintendent told the board the district surveyed teachers and received over 300 responses; roughly half reported prior experience with AI. The district plans a teacher-led professional development session from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in February focused on acquainting staff with AI tools and uses, the superintendent said. "This is not a mandate that they have to use AI," the superintendent said. "The number one thing ... is for them to get acquainted with AI." The superintendent also said staff members will participate in monthly ODEW modules on AI policy and resources.
Board members asked for clarification about how the crossing-guard positions were funded and how the student-advisory process will operate. The superintendent said South Euclid Police Chief Mays initiated the crossing-guard idea when budgeting for the new year permitted those positions and that the district "chipped in" to support the implementation. On the student advisory council, the superintendent said his executive assistant will manage the application process and that the district will contact applicants after the holiday break.
The superintendent closed by saying the district is making "significant strides" in community relations, law-enforcement partnerships, student outreach and instructional innovation and that further details will be provided at future meetings.
