SANDY — The district’s AI team presented a broad implementation update that described pilot results, usage growth and multiple safeguards the district says it has built into classroom AI use.

Presenters said the district adopted a principles‑based VIEW framework (value, understanding, implement safely, educational use, world preparation) and piloted Magic School AI as an education‑specific platform with teacher controls, content moderation and back‑end logging so teachers can review student inputs. The district also upgraded its Google Workspace for Education license to include an enterprise version of Google Gemini in a walled‑garden deployment for staff and students 13 and older; district staff said Gemini use for students is limited by account age checks and device management.

Officials highlighted concrete educator uses: customized chatbots for PLC data summaries, lesson scaffolds for multilingual learners, prebuilt writing‑analysis tools, and teacher productivity bots that surface district guidance and human‑resources resources. The presentation said staff usage and generation counts have risen markedly year‑over‑year and that district activity exceeds comparable districts for the tools deployed. Presenters repeatedly emphasized teacher control, data privacy and vendor moderation features and said they are building more training, guides and vertical curriculum integration for AI literacy.

Board members asked for details on moderation testing and flagged concerns about inappropriate or harmful outputs. Staff said filtering and flagging are active; Magic School will stop chats that cross high‑risk thresholds and teachers can review student interactions. Staff committed to provide the board with additional details and monitoring reports and to expand training for teachers and business units across the district.

Next steps: scaling teacher professional development, piloting an AI hardware lab at CTech, expanding district chatbots for staff productivity, and publishing a schedule of parent/community engagement on AI practices.