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Board hears curriculum updates: BenQ pilot, AI training and a new inclusion rollout
Summary
The curriculum report covered Central High School redesign planning, a BenQ interactive-board pilot (Pine Ridge), an AI-focused professional-development presentation, a district-wide inclusion/belonging program rollout with an Oct. 29 parent meeting, and recommended textbook/adoption actions for Lehi Academy.
The board's curriculum committee presented a multi-part report on Oct. 21 that combined facility redesign planning with classroom-technology pilots, professional development on artificial-intelligence tools, and program recommendations for student supports.
Committee members described Central High School's redesign planning and timelines for bidding and review, then reviewed a pilot of BenQ interactive boards that are in two pilot classrooms per school and in all classrooms at Pine Ridge. "These BenQ boards ... have excellent clarity," a committee member said when summarizing pilot feedback; staff noted concerns such as audio routing and grade-level needs as they consider expansion.
The committee also summarized a presentation by Aaron Robolovsky about classroom uses for AI, emphasizing teacher-facing tools and ethical questions about student use. The committee announced a district rollout of an inclusion/belonging program with a parent informational meeting set for Oct. 29 from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. and recommended adopting Atomic Habits for Lehi Academy while opening a 30-day review of Think Like a Freak.
Board members noted student involvement in design planning for shop and project-based learning spaces at Central High, and committee members framed the technology and program changes as steps to support collaboration and 21st-century skills.
