AI in Our Classrooms: Built Here, Taught with Care

Trustee Area 3 sits at the heart of Silicon Valley, where the newest AI technology is invented, built and put to work. Many of the parents in our neighborhoods are part of this revolution firsthand: training the latest AI models, building inference engines and AI agents, designing the chips and data centers that power them. Our students grow up surrounded by this technology, and many of them go home to the people creating it.

That expertise is one of our community's great strengths. But bringing AI into a classroom is a different question from building it. In education, the question isn't only what AI can do. It's what students need to learn, how they learn best, and how we protect their privacy, their integrity and their ability to think for themselves. Those questions deserve careful answers from educators, grounded in what's best for students.

What FUHSD has done

On October 7, 2025, the FUHSD Board of Trustees updated Board Policy 6163.4, Student Use of Technology, to address artificial intelligence for the first time. The revision builds on the California School Boards Association's model policy. It was seconded by Trustee Rosa Kim and approved unanimously. A few key lines:

"Technological resources provided to students, including technology based on artificial intelligence (AI), shall be aligned to district goals, objectives, and academic standards."

"Students shall be allowed to use such technology, including AI technology, in accordance with district policies, including, but not limited to, policies on academic honesty, data privacy, nondiscrimination, and copyright protections."

Instruction in the proper use of technology "shall incorporate students' responsibilities regarding academic honesty, honoring copyright provisions, assessing the reliability and accuracy of information, protecting personal data, and the potential for biases and errors in artificially generated content."

The Student Technology Guidebook, which students and families sign each year, adds a practical safeguard. Students should never share personal information about themselves or others with an open AI system.

The policy neither bans AI nor embraces it blindly. Students may use it, and they must be taught to use it well. The work continued in November 2025, when district technology staff and innovation coaches presented "Teaching & Learning in the Age of AI" to the Board. The presentation focused on teacher training, AI literacy and responsible student use.

Looking ahead

This summer, students from across the country drafted the Students First Act, a framework for AI in schools. It calls for:

• stronger AI literacy and student privacy protections;

• human review rather than reliance on AI-detection software;

• a fair process for students accused of misusing AI.

Superintendent Graham Clark has said district administrators and technology staff are continuing to evaluate AI policy. He said they may draw on parts of the Students First Act as a framework. "It's something that will be evaluated," he told El Estoque.

Rosa's commitment

Rosa supports safe, responsible use of AI by teachers and students. She also believes our students should learn about AI, not just use it, so they graduate ready to understand, question and shape the technology being built all around them.

In every board decision, Rosa starts with one question: "Are we doing what is best for our students?" On AI, that means keeping FUHSD's approach current, thoughtful and centered on learning. She will continue working with her fellow trustees, teachers and students to reach that goal. She will also draw on the parents in our community who know this technology best.

Re-elect Rosa Kim for FUHSD Trustee Area 3 on November 3.