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ABC Unified spotlights AI, and approves apprenticeships, dual‑enrollment and internship partnerships
Summary
At the Jan. 20 meeting the board heard a district AI strategy and approved multiple workforce and college partnerships — including pre‑apprenticeship MOUs with Sheet Metal JATC and regional carpenters, an NEON dual‑enrollment MOU, Vital Link STEMfest collaboration, new professional internship courses, and a UKG contract for electronic timekeeping.
ABC Unified framed its classroom approach to artificial intelligence as ‘HI + AI’ (human intelligence first) and moved to expand career and college pathways for students with a string of approvals at the Jan. 20 board meeting.
AI approach and classroom use Dr. Castro and the district’s technology and curriculum leaders pitched an instructional approach that keeps teachers as the primary decision makers while using generative tools to augment learning. The district is curating AI guidance, instructor badging and professional learning so teachers can model ethical use; Whitney High School’s AI pathway and multiple CTE offerings were highlighted as examples of early implementation. "We chose to bring teachers, students and administrators together to discuss how to ethically utilize these platforms to accelerate student learning," Dr. Castro said.
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