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Rochester Community School District outlines generative AI guidance, shows classroom uses
Summary
Instructional staff presented a yearlong effort to create generative AI guidance and described classroom uses — from sandboxed tools for teachers to rubric‑driven chatbots for students — while trustees pressed for clarity on detection, rollout by grade, and ongoing professional development.
Rachel Monero, the district’s instructional technology specialist, told the Rochester Community School District Board on Oct. 6 that the district has completed and begun rolling out guidance for generative artificial intelligence after a year of work by a 26‑member K–12 steering committee.
"Artificial intelligence itself is a general term that is applied to functions carried out by machines that are commonly associated with human intelligence," Monero said, and she emphasized the specific subset the board was discussing: "generative AI" — models that "are able to create text, images, codes, videos, and more." She said the district’s guidance stresses AI literacy, transparency when AI is…
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