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Wayne schools unveil six draft goals for 2024–25, including new AI policy
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Toback presented six draft district goals — from an AI policy to MTSS alignment — as informational items; administrators plan committees, a redistricting study and a summer policy rollout, with a formal vote expected at a future meeting.
The Wayne Board of Education reviewed six draft district goals for 2024–25 on June 13, with Superintendent Dr. Toback highlighting a planned artificial intelligence policy and steps to implement other priorities.
Dr. Toback said the district used an AI-based ThoughtExchange-style interview of 199 staff to gauge attitudes and inform a proposed AI policy. "Artificial intelligence is here to stay," he told the board, summarizing feedback that staff see both instructional benefits and risks such as cheating and overreliance. The district has contracted a policy-writing service (identified in the meeting as Strauss Sesame) and plans to release a draft AI policy over the summer for committee review and staff professional development.
The goals are informational only; Dr. Toback emphasized they are drafts and no board action was requested at the meeting. He described a two-tier implementation approach for AI — an executive committee to set district-level direction and building-level committees to gather feedback, plan professional development and pilot practices.
Other goals presented include expanding a social-style special-education parent group that started at Preakness Early Childhood Center, a review of the teacher evaluation instrument (the district’s current "strong model" in use for roughly 10 years), piloting a "Profile of a Graduate" with project-based demonstrations, technology replenishment and budgeting for device/software lifecycle, and aligning MTSS with intervention and referral services to improve capacity.
On technology, Dr. Toback said the district needs a specific plan to guide budgeting for device replacement, licenses and network hardware. On MTSS and referrals, he recommended external consultation and cross-district visits to identify best practices.
The administration said it will continue stakeholder engagement through the summer and bring the goals back for a formal vote at a future board meeting. Board members asked clarifying questions but no formal adoption or vote occurred at the June 13 meeting.
Looking ahead, the district plans to share drafts with the public, convene committees in the fall, and incorporate the new AI policy into professional-development offerings before school starts.
