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Board tables Varsity Tutors data-sharing agreement after parent, teacher concerns about AI and privacy
Summary
After teachers and the union raised concerns about parent notification, screen time and AI energy impacts, the board voted to table a proposed data-sharing agreement with Varsity Tutors for Hill Central and East Rock and asked committees to vet the item further.
The New Haven Board of Education voted Dec. 8 to table a proposed data-sharing agreement with Varsity Tutors that would allow after-school access and online tutoring for Hill Central and East Rock students.
Leslie Blato, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers, urged the board to pause the item despite the vendor presenting at a prior Finance & Operations meeting. Blato cited…
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