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Richland 01 committee details controlled, phased rollout of AI tools for teachers and limited student use
Summary
At a Feb. 17 Curriculum & Instruction Committee meeting, district leaders described a phased rollout of Magic School AI that provides custom chatbots, writing feedback and tutoring while emphasizing privacy, teacher training and upcoming policy work.
Columbia, S.C. — District curriculum leaders told the Richland 01 Curriculum & Instruction Committee on Feb. 17 that the district is pursuing a staged, controlled rollout of Magic School AI to support teachers and a limited set of student uses.
"The future is here," Dr. A. Williams said as she opened the presentation at the Stevenson Administration Building. District staff described a multi-phase rollout that began in 2024 with vendor-led professional development and self-paced certification, then expanded in 2025 to more teachers and tools.
The district has emphasized custom, curriculum-aligned tools. "A customized chatbot is a chatbot that's not generic like when you go to ChatGPT," said Dr. Hassinger, the district secondary curriculum lead. He said the district has created 87 customized chatbots used about 1,700 times, 15 customized versions of a standards "unpacker," and a lesson-plan tool that 376 staff used roughly 14 times each.
Hassinger said student-facing use is deliberately limited. "There were about 70,000 generations related to students," he said, using the district's term for…
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