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Burlington highlights summer AI, cybersecurity and life‑science programs and announces a $450,000 grant award
Summary
District presented summer academic programs (AI, Cybersecurity, Life Sciences) that included regional partners; administrators announced a grant (referred to in transcript as the "Prison 2 grant") awarding the district over $450,000 to support future initiatives.
District administrators used a slideshow to summarize recent summer academic programming and partner work that administrators said gave students hands‑on experience in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and life sciences.
Presenters described a Cybersecurity Academy that served about 75 students over three sessions and an AI Academy described as "the first artificial intelligence high‑school work‑based learning program in the state of Massachusetts," with field trips to Microsoft, AWS and UMass Lowell and a showcase attended by the lieutenant governor. The Life Sciences Academy included hands‑on lab training and micro‑credential opportunities through Northeastern.
Superintendent Eric Conti and staff highlighted partnerships with Microsoft, the Mass Technology Collaborative AI Hub and others. In a major announcement, the district credited Dr. Bonnie Nichols with winning "over $450,000" in a grant referenced in the transcript as the "Prison 2 grant," funds administrators said would not require town funding and could be used to support programming moving forward.
What’s next: Administrators will post program materials and continue community outreach about the new programs and funding; staff thanked community partners and the school committee for support.
