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District technology director outlines AI training, cybersecurity steps and funding pressures

Daily City Unified School District Board of Trustees · November 12, 2025
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The district’s technology director briefed the board on system upgrades, an AI professional-learning partnership, multi-tiered cybersecurity training and an expected drop in FCC E-rate discounts, and said the district will pivot to find alternate funding to sustain services.

Tony Baron, the district’s director of technology and curriculum integration, told the board the department is focusing on system efficiency, AI professional learning for teachers, cybersecurity defenses and family engagement around digital citizenship.

Baron described how the district has used Canvas to speed hiring and Synergy to streamline student information workflows, and said analytics and a new grade-book platform are being piloted. He outlined an AI professional-development path created with…

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