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🌱 How Colchester schools are quietly rewriting classroom rules for AI use

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  • How Colchester schools are quietly rewriting classroom rules for AI use

Also on today's calendar: Calling all Altos, Tenors and Basses to join Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 58.
  • Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• School Districts Grapple with AI Policies (schoollibraryjournal.com) — Colchester Public Schools are actively shaping how students and teachers can safely use AI, favoring flexible guidelines over rigid state mandates and steering classrooms toward Google's Gemini for Education. Local instructional technology staff stress privacy, academic integrity, and AI literacy, while balancing state guidance with what families, budgets, and existing curricula can realistically support.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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