Superintendent urges AI training and 'guardrails' for Fayette County Schools

Superintendent Mr. Warville told the board he wants the district to take a proactive approach to artificial intelligence, proposing a summer training for principals and leadership teams and urging the development of policies to protect students.

Mr. Warville said he has spoken with Jason Butcher about using the ESC this summer to host presenters for principals from roughly 12 counties and that two outside presenters have prepared a short video for the board to review. He said one of the presenters is familiar with career and technical education and has written curriculum around AI.

"I think we need to have a serious conversation about how to use AI appropriately, and how to put guardrails on it," Mr. Warville said. He warned about social-emotional risks, saying, "the social emotional piece is how do we make sure our children do not go into a world that they create and say, it's okay to commit suicide." He compared the current moment to earlier experience with cell phones, arguing the district should be proactive rather than reactive.

Mr. Warville added that the presenters speak in layman's terms and that the board will first review a short video; if the board likes it, staff could arrange a fuller presentation at a subsequent meeting. He asked the board to consider the issue at an upcoming meeting and requested a future time to present more information.

The transcript records no debate or public comment on the AI proposal during the recorded superintendent remarks. The board moved next to a statutory announcement about executive session authority.