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District unveils AI toolkit for teachers and students; guidance to be department-specific
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Summary
Superintendent Tim introduced an AI toolkit and guidance document developed this year after student focus groups; the district will require department-level rules so teachers can set course-specific boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable AI use.
Superintendent Tim introduced the district's AI toolkit, a guidance document developed over the past year and posted on the district website, and summarized findings from student focus groups about how learners currently use AI (study aids, idea generation, math help). He said teachers and departments will create their own course-level parameters and that the toolkit will be updated as practices evolve.
Tim described the toolkit structure: a high-level vision and guiding principles, sections for students and families (appropriate uses and unacceptable uses), and department templates with examples. "Some of the things that came out of [student focus groups] is that they use it to study, they use it to generate ideas, they will help it solve math problems," he said. He emphasized that departments will set boundaries by discipline: art teachers may ban AI for AP art work, whereas social studies might allow guided use for scenario exercises.
The superintendent said the district's approach is to clarify how AI can support learning without replacing it and to require teachers to explain permitted uses on specific assignments. He pointed to social studies guidance that asks students to reflect: "Am I using this to support my learning or to replace it?" Tim said the document will remain fluid and that the district will continue to collect teacher and student feedback.
Board members asked about how these classroom-level policies will translate when students go to college; Tim said college rules vary and students should check instructors' expectations. The board did not adopt a single district-wide prohibition or allowance; instead, it endorsed the department-driven approach and the toolkit as a resource.
