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Laconia High School teachers present AI committee work as district drafts policy
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Laconia High School teachers told the board on Oct. 21 that a teacher-led AI committee is developing staff training, classroom guidance and an "AI assessment scale" to clarify allowed and disallowed student uses of generative tools.
Laconia High School teachers told the School Board on Oct. 21 that they have formed an AI committee to learn generative tools, provide staff professional development and teach students how to use AI responsibly.
"We really are just trying to learn ourselves about AI and what this tool is all about," said Stephanie Varkanek, science department chair and a member of the high‑school AI committee, describing work that began last year with staff workshops and freshman‑seminar lessons. Varkanek said the committee used a generative tool when drafting the committee's stated goals — "I prompted it to create a goal and a purpose for our AI…
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