<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2DlUR1_1FbTqjIS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2DlUR1_1FbTqjIS00" width="1280" height="853" ><figcaption>From left, Natrona County School District 1 Trustee Dana Howie, Superintendent Angela Hensley and Alex Petrino listen during Monday's board meeting. (Tommy Culkin, Oil City News)</figcaption></figure>CASPER, Wyo. — Natrona County School District 1 leadership is considering an official policy on artificial intelligence, which was presented Monday during the Board Policy Committee’s meeting. According to Associate Superintendent Amy Rose, the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence programs or software that generate text, photos or video is classified as an academic honesty violation and digital citizenship infraction in the proposed policy. Students would be prohibited from using artificially generated media to complete assignments without explicit permission from a teacher or school administrator. In addition, the student handbook classifies the creation of obscene or lewd material using AI tools as an immoral act and indecent exposure violation. To assist teachers in flagging AI-generated work, Rose highlighted several detection and instructional tools currently in use, including Turnitin, Grammarly, GPTZero, Copyleaks, Winston AI, CoGrader and CoWriter. Rose said classroom teachers are considered the primary line of defense regarding appropriate AI use, though specific AI tools have been restricted when abuse is identified. Trustee Thea True-Wells asked if teachers were being trained in how to adapt to AI in the classroom, and Superintendent Angela Hensley responded that they are being trained in how to monitor for it, as well as in how to use AI responsibly. Trustee Alex Petrino asked if AI programs used by teachers were compromising students’ information, and Natrona County Education Association President Rebecca Murray answered that teachers are trained on how to keep students’ information safe. Trustee Jenifer Hopkins worried about detrimental effects AI can have on students’ learning, and said she’s in favor of removing it entirely from the school setting. “I’m not for any AI use,” Hopkins said. “I don’t think it’s a matter of training our teachers to use it; I think it’s a matter of just not using it. … We should be expecting our children to be able to read a book, comprehend that book, organize those thoughts and then write a paper.” While not calling for a full ban on AI, True-Wells voiced similar concerns, saying that real learning comes by working through academic “points of friction” that AI removes. However, Hensley argued that training students on AI use is important to prepare them for life after high school. “When we look at this, there is friction. I actually really like that term because I think we’re all grappling with where is that line in order to make sure our students are prepared for a workforce where AI is alive and well, and expected to be utilized in colleges where that is accurate as well,” she said. Trustee Michael Stedillie voiced a similar position, pointing to pushback at previous technological advancements. “I remember my wonderful grandmother telling us that we as students were so spoiled because we were allowed to use typewriters to produce our papers and we ought to write them by hand and learn the Palmer method of penmanship,” he said. No official action was taken on the policy. Stedillie said the board is accepting public comment on the policy, which can be made in person at future board meetings or emailed to communications@myncsd.org. </div></body>

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