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District outlines technology upgrades, cybersecurity steps and AI classroom policy
Summary
Director of innovation Mark Richardson told the board the district will finish interactive classroom displays, add new Chromebooks, launch a data warehouse and expand AI-related teacher training, while strengthening cybersecurity with encryption, multi‑factor authentication, tools like Securly and GoGuardian, and COSID certification.
Mark Richardson, the district’s director of innovation and technology, told the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District Board on May 19 that the district will complete its interactive-display rollout in classrooms this summer and add new Chromebooks for students.
"So this summer, we're going to complete our display project," Richardson said as he highlighted planned equipment deliveries and a new data warehouse intended to help teachers. He said the district also secured $133,000 in savings through procurement flexibility and is bringing on a state-funded high-school tech intern for the summer.
Richardson reviewed the district’s approach to classroom AI and academic integrity: the high school already has controlled AI access, and the district uses a per-assignment stoplight system that marks some tasks as permissible for AI support and others as a ‘‘no go’’ where students must submit original work. He said the state recently required districts to adopt AI policies and that Indian Hill has revised its own to reflect academic-integrity standards.
On cybersecurity, Richardson described multiple layers of protection the district has implemented, including Securly web filtering, a Securly Home tool for parent-installed monitoring, GoGuardian for in-class visibility, full-disk encryption on district devices, multi-factor authentication, monthly staff phishing training, and outside assessments. He said the district follows NIST-based incident-response standards and is pursuing COSID trusted-learning certifications for practices and classroom instruction.
Board members said they supported additional family communications and a proposed in-person technology training session in late September or early October so parents can learn about the district’s screening, AI guidance and safety tools. Richardson and Superintendent Dr. Melissa Stewart said they will prepare an email summary for families and include data-safety messaging in the annual start-of-year communications.
The board did not take a separate vote on these technology updates; Richardson’s presentation concluded with a question-and-answer period about screen time, AI behavior, and vendor practices.
