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Farmington Public Schools outlines AI integration framework, rolls out vetted classroom tools
Summary
The Farmington Public Schools board heard a presentation on a three-tiered AI-integration framework prioritizing student/staff safety, data privacy and equitable instruction and approved district-wide launches of Magma Math, Brisk AI and SchoolAI with grade-band limits and teacher oversight.
Assistant Superintendent Rhonda Henry presented Farmington Public Schools’ framework for integrating artificial intelligence into classrooms, telling the board the approach centers on safety, data privacy and equity. "Our framework first prioritizes safety, student and staff safety," Henry said during the Dec. 16 board meeting.
The district described a three-tiered strategy: prioritize safety and privacy, build future-readiness skills and design equitable learning experiences. District staff said they created an AI-vetting tool and a data-privacy agreement that all vendor partners must sign. Margaret Hendrickson, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, described an FPS classroom AI-usage scale that ranges from 0 (no AI) to 4 (full AI use with human oversight) so teachers can set explicit expectations for assignments.
Presenters identified three tools the district approved for staff-wide use this year: Magma Math (adaptive math practice that displays students’ problem-solving), Brisk AI (writing feedback/tutoring under teacher-determined parameters), and SchoolAI (a teacher-facing lesson- and rubric-design tool). Henry and staff emphasized those tools are "insular" — they said the selected platforms do not send student inputs to external model-training pipelines and are constrained to district-controlled content.
Trustees asked about safeguards, model training and academic integrity. Henry and Hendrickson said staff development this year included training on academic integrity and privacy; Whitney Tyner, technology integration coordinator, said the district instructs both students and staff never to enter personally identifiable information into AI tools. The presenters also said their vetting criteria include security, grade-band appropriateness and the ability to limit data flow outside the district.
Board members asked whether district policy changes would be necessary. Trustees were told the county AI collective is providing collaborative resources but not a binding policy; the district will continue its multi-stakeholder vetting and return to the board as policy needs arise. Dr. Coffin, the superintendent, described student input gathered via the student roundtable as informing implementation priorities.
The presentation concluded with a pledge to continue professional learning for teachers and deliberate, human-centered use of AI in classrooms.
The board received the presentation and entered it into the record; no formal vote on policy changes was taken at this meeting.
