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AUHSD details AI policy, vetting and classroom tools including a district chatbot
Summary
District librarians and curriculum staff told trustees AUHSD has adopted AI guardrails, is standardizing on vetted platforms (including Google's Gemini and ecadence), launched staff AI training and deployed a contextual chatbot "Scrappy" inside the ecadence platform for students, parents and teachers.
Anaheim Union High School District staff on Tuesday described a districtwide push to integrate artificial-intelligence tools into classrooms under strict privacy and safety guardrails.
District librarian and AI lead Justennia Vera said AUHSD has developed staff- and student-facing AI frameworks and a vetted catalog of approved tools; every tool must pass FERPA and privacy reviews. "By standardizing on Google's Gemini and ecadence, we ensure a secure ecosystem where district data is strictly protected and never used to train external models," Vera said.
Diana Fujimoto, director of curriculum and professional learning, described foundational AI literacy training that has been completed by credentialed staff and is being extended to classified personnel. The district is shifting from basic AI literacy to "AI readiness," offering tiered workshops and role-specific, on-demand sessions for certificated and classified staff.
Tyler Sherman, AUHSD's ecadence lead, showed how the district's internally deployed chatbot, called "Scrappy," now appears on every page inside ecadence and provides contextualized feedback. "Scrappy is out of the doghouse," Sherman said, explaining that the tool now understands page context and can give students feedback on portfolios and provide parents with a language-accessible view of their child's progress.
Sherman described a teacher-driven pilot where a Magnolia High teacher trained Scrappy with carefully curated prompts to give students iterative feedback on capstone portfolios; the district emphasized that these AI tools are intended to augment teachers rather than replace them. Staff highlighted safeguards and a district AI working group that reviews community suggestions and pilots.
Board members asked about family outreach and parent training; staff said they plan recorded modules, monthly workshops and library-based events next year to introduce parents to ecadence and Scrappy. The district also said it will continue reviewing and vetting tools through the California Department of Education AI working group and regional partnerships.
The presentation did not include a motion; trustees thanked staff and requested follow-up details on rollout timing and parent training schedules.
