My teenager uses AI for homework; I helped write the school's AI policy

Last fall my children's school district in a suburb north of San Francisco asked parents to join an Artificial Intelligence task force, and I signed up. My son had been taking pictures of his math homework, feeding them into an AI engine, and typing a single prompt: Solve.

As a rule follower, I worried he might get in trouble — and I wondered whether I even wanted him using AI this way. I joined Reed Union School District's (RUSD) task force with teachers, administrators, and other parents. The conversation was not about whether to use AI but how to do it thoughtfully.

Over three meetings we helped shape a vision statement for AI integration, a safety and ethics review, and a policy on AI literacy and student use. The process made me see that AI holds both real promise and real risks. To move students, teachers, and families out of the gray zone, RUSD is rolling out a traffic-light model that specifies when and how AI is permitted.

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