Board approves pilot of GoGuardian monitoring software for online students
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The board voted unanimously to pilot the GoGuardian monitoring tool for up to 250 students with a district cost cap of $3,000, authorizing staff to obtain demos and negotiate a quote and to return with a usage report following the pilot.
The Lyon County School Board approved a pilot of the GoGuardian classroom and monitoring platform for Lion Online and selected online-testing scenarios, authorizing staff to procure per-student licensing for up to 250 students at a total district cost not to exceed $3,000.
Lion Online and district staff who presented the item described GoGuardian as a teacher-browser and monitoring tool designed for district-managed Chromebooks that captures web activity, flags off-task behavior and can help identify automated scripts or AI-driven cheating during online coursework and finals. Miss Delatorre, a Lion Online leader, said the tool's record-and-verify features would let staff show students evidence of misuse when necessary and impose targeted monitoring for students who repeatedly trigger speed or automation alerts.
Trustees asked about privacy protections, kiosk-mode compatibility, whether the platform works on personal devices (it requires district Chromebooks), and how licenses could be recycled among students. Harmon Banes (operations) and Jim Gianotti (education) explained known technical limits and emphasized that the pilot would be scoped narrowly (final exams and flagged students) and that staff would draft usage parameters and parent/student notifications prior to use.
Trustee Farr made the motion to pilot GoGuardian and procure licenses for up to 250 students at a cost not to exceed $3,000; the motion carried unanimously. The board asked staff to arrange vendor demonstrations, return with a firm quote and proposed usage guidelines, and report back on pilot results.