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Public commenter urges Oakwood to define skills for students in era of AI, calls for AP computer science
Summary
During public comment, resident Rob Ross urged the board to clarify which student skills should be developed without large language models and which should be learned with them; he recommended more classroom-based assessment and restoring advanced computer science offerings, noting the district lacked an AP computer science class this year.
Rob Ross, an Oakwood resident, told the board Oct. 13 that the rise of large language models (LLMs) in student work requires the district to decide what students must do unaided and what should be taught to use these tools effectively. Ross recommended that tasks the district expects students to perform without LLM help be completed in supervised, in-class settings to ensure skill mastery.
"It's really important to decide what you want students to be able to do without the support of large language models and what you want students to be able to do with the support of large language models," Ross said. He suggested teaching students how to "fact check" LLM outputs, how to ask productive questions, and how to build the underlying technology.
Ross also urged the district to strengthen math and computer science pathways, saying, "I've heard that we don't have an AP computer science class this year at the high school. That's a nightmare. We have got to fix that problem." He argued the district should ensure access to advanced math and computer science to prepare students for a technology-driven workforce.
The board did not take immediate action or respond with a policy at the meeting. Ross's comments were part of the public-comment period and serve as input for future curriculum and policy discussions.
