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Marysville board hears district plan for cautious AI rollout, seeks guardrails and PD
Summary
The Marysville Exempted Village School District presented pilot work and proposed "guardrail" policies for classroom AI, emphasizing data security, teacher training and a state-driven policy deadline next July.
Chris Campbell, the district's director of teaching and learning, told the Marysville Exempted Village School District board that the district has been piloting AI tools in four schools and is preparing board-level policy and professional development before any broad student access.
Campbell said the district used a $30,000 Ohio Tech credit grant to train 15 instructional coaches and principals and is testing two vendor products (School AI and PowerBuddy) as controlled pilots. He described a tiered "guardrail" framework that lets teachers set access levels from 0 to 4 depending on grade band and assignment and added that the district has conducted community stakeholder meetings and surveys of staff and students in grades 7 and up.
"My philosophy really right now is we want to make sure that we're keeping our students and our staff safe," Campbell said. "Use it for good. Use it for good to do what's best for for students and teachers." He emphasized that the district will not open broad student access until the board approves a policy aligned to the state model, which the state requires districts to adopt by July 2026.
Board members pressed Campbell on oversight, equity across buildings and the mechanics of lesson-plan review. Liam asked whether student data would be used to train public models or remain in a district-controlled environment; Campbell and Tom Powers, the district's IT director, said the district signs vendor agreements that prevent customer data from being used to train public models and that the district is prioritizing "walled garden" tools such as Gemini and Notebook LM to limit external exposure.
Campbell said the work now is "evaluation time," and that the next steps are additional stakeholder feedback, a board recommendation on policy in June or July, and professional learning for staff during the coming school year. He said student access is currently limited to pilot classrooms and that whether full access opens next year is "not decided yet."
