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Committee advances generative AI AR after community concerns over K–5 use and opt‑out
Summary
The committee reviewed AR 08:15, the district's guidance on generative AI: it sets vetting, training and disciplinary procedures and will be paired with grade‑level implementation guidelines. Community members urged a K–5 ban and a public registry of approved tools; administrators said vetting (FERPA/COPPA) and phased rollout will follow.
Wallingford‑Swarthmore School District committee members and community participants spent the latter half of the meeting reviewing AR 08:15, an administrative regulation that would govern how teachers and students may use generative artificial intelligence in district classrooms.
Speaker 5, who presented the regulation, said the AR is the product of months of work — teacher book studies, staff and student surveys, leadership meetings and a community forum — and is intended to provide guardrails for classroom use and a path for teacher training. "The book was AI for Educators, by Matt Miller," Speaker 5 said when describing the development process.
In public comment, Alex Beckert, a…
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