AI teaching tool expanded to middle and high schools

What happened

On December 16, 2025 the board expanded Magic School, a generative artificial-intelligence platform it had approved for kindergarten through grade 5 in August 2025, to the district's secondary schools as an instructional and support tool for both students and teachers, at a cost of up to $30,000 for 2025-26. The Magic School contract appears again on the September 22, 2026 agenda for the new school year.

Why it matters to families

Middle and high school students now use a generative AI tool as part of schoolwork. The district already has a districtwide AI policy, Policy 2365, adopted in September 2024, which requires parental consent each year, an approved list of AI platforms, rules on citing AI work, and consequences for passing AI output off as a student's own. Families of older students are the ones who now have to give that consent.

The evidence

The December 16, 2025 approved minutes record the resolution approving implementation and use of Magic School, described as the leading generative AI platform in education, previously approved for K-5 in August 2025 and now amended to include secondary schools as an instructional and support tool for both students and teachers, at a cost not to exceed $30,000 for 2025-26.

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