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LOS ALAMITOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

November 16, 2018 • 5 pages • 8 responses • Score: +3 (+3, 1, 0) View Details ▾

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8 responses to findings and recommendations

F1

Orange County's K-12 public schools have implemented policies and/or guidelines around the use of different AI platforms in varying and inconsistent ways. Some prohibit AI's use; others allow it: and some don't have policies or guidelines governing AI at all. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District cannot comment on other districts' policies and/or guidelines around the use of AI platforms. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, we are developing AI polic...

Response: Agree Score: +1

</b>: The Los Alamitos Unified School District agrees with this finding. School safety and security are a priority in the Los Alamitos Unified School District. F.2. The implementation of security measures for schools, in many cases, is limited by funding.

R1

By June 30, 2025 Orange County's K-12 schools should implement policies and guidelines regarding the appropriate use of AI. These may be provided at the district level or within individual schools through the adoption of an Acceptable Use Policy, Code of Ethics, or other written directives addressing the use of AI. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recommendation...

Response: Implemented

Score: 0

: The recommendation has been implemented. The Los Alamitos Unified School District has applied for outside grant funding for safety related projects, but was denied. The District will continue to seek out alternative funding opportunities for safety-related projects. R.2.: School districts should re-evaluate the lack of secure fencing on all school campuses and present a report to their respective boards by December 31, 2018, outlining their plans to make campuses more secure. (F.2, F.3) <b>

F2

Superintendents provide varying levels of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in their respective school districts. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District partially disagrees in that it cannot comment on the superintendent level of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in other districts. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, the Superintendent, Andrew Pulver, Ed.D., joined the OCDE K-12 Strong Workforce Initiative to e...

Response: Agree Score: +1

: The Los Alamitos Unified School District agrees with this finding. The extent to which our school can implement the type and extent of security measures is often dependent on funding. F.3. Many Orange County school campuses were constructed to reflect an "open and inviting" atmosphere but are now faced with physical and philosophical security issues that challenge this thinking.

R2

Superintendents should ensure that their schools have policies that cover, at a minimum: the scope, guiding principles, and training regarding the responsible use of AI tools by students and teachers; any prohibited uses of special considerations regarding AI tools; and related security, privacy, and safety considerations. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recomm...

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

has been updated per the request dated November 8, 2018. If you have any further questions, please contact my office. Sincerely, Mg C. 1 Nancy Nien, Ph.D. Assistant Superintendent, Business Services Board of Education: Jeffrey Barke • David Boyer • Megan Cutuli • Diana D. Hill • Karen Russell LOS ALAMITOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT November 16, 2018 The Honorable Charles Margines Presiding Judge of the Superior Court 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 RE: Response of The Los Alamitos Unified School District To the Honorable Charles Margines: In accordance with California Penal Code ...

F3

There are many resources to guide educators in using AI. Several Are available at the local level through the Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Board of Education, CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County, and Orange Unified School District Technology Department, to name a few. However, utilization and even awareness of the availability of such resources is highly variable across school districts. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District does not have first...

Response: Agree Score: +1

: The Los Alamitos Unified School District School District agrees with this finding. Each of the schools within our district have perimeter fencing limiting access to the campus. Los Alamitos High School's perimeter fencing is pending due to modernization in the out years. F.4. While every Orange County school district reported the use of a campus visitor sign-in process, there is a lack of procedural consistency among school campuses. Response of the Los Alamitos Unified School District November 16, 2018 Page 2

R3

K-12 students should be trained on the appropriate use of AI. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recommendation by June 30, 2025, with the following action plan: Training for students will begin during the 2024-25 school year as teachers are trained to integrate AI tools and resources into learning opportunities, along with guidelines and AI-specific digital citiz...

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

: The Los Alamitos Unified School District employs a Visitor Management System at each of its campuses that maintains a data log of each volunteer/visitor. R.4.: School districts should implement procedures to ensure that photo identification is required of all campus visitors and volunteers before a visitor's badge is issued. (F.4, F.5.)

R4

K-12 teachers should be trained on the appropriate use of AI. Board of Education: Megan Cutuli • Marlys Davidson • Diana D. Hill • Scott Fayette • Chris Forehan The recommendation has been implemented. The District has implemented this recommendation as follows: During the 2023-34 school year, K-12 teachers, education specialists, counselors, school psychologists, and administrators were trained on the appropriate use of AI, including necessary precautions regarding ethics and data safety. Train...

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

: As part of the Los Alamitos Unified School District's Visitor Management System, the volunteer/visitor scans their driver's license to obtain a visitor badge. Visitors are required to provide identification to gain entry onto campus. R.5.: School districts should implement procedures to ensure that all faculty and staff are required to wear visible photo ID badges while on campus. (F.5.)

R5

Schools and educators should be encouraged to collaborate with the various available AI consortiums and think tanks, such as OCDE and CLAOC, to effectively implement AI and establish basic tenets for its use. The recommendation has been implemented. The District has implemented this recommendation as follows: The educational technology coordinator for Los Alamitos USD attended AI forward workshops and several AI conferences in 2023-24 to share resources and guidance from the county and other org...

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

: The Los Alamitos Unified School District requires all staff to wear a District issued ID badge while on campus. Response of the Los Alamitos Unified School District November 16, 2018 Page 4 All school districts with middle or high school campuses should consider using student ID R.6.: cards in a format to be worn as student ID badges while on campus. (F.6.)

Unified School District

September 23, 2015 • 2 pages • 5 responses • Score: -4 (+0, 1, -4) View Details ▾

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5 responses to findings and recommendations

F1

Orange County's K-12 public schools have implemented policies and/or guidelines around the use of different AI platforms in varying and inconsistent ways. Some prohibit AI's use; others allow it: and some don't have policies or guidelines governing AI at all. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District cannot comment on other districts' policies and/or guidelines around the use of AI platforms. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, we are developing AI polic...

Response: Disagree Score: -1

The Los Alamitos Unified School District disagrees completely with this Finding. All of the information related to CFDs is accessible at the school district's office. Finding 2: There does not seem to be appropriate oversight and auditing of CFDs and special tax expenditures within the County of Orange.

R1

By June 30, 2025 Orange County's K-12 schools should implement policies and guidelines regarding the appropriate use of AI. These may be provided at the district level or within individual schools through the adoption of an Acceptable Use Policy, Code of Ethics, or other written directives addressing the use of AI. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recommendation...

Response: Will Not Implement

Score: -1

The Los Alamitos Unified School District sees no need to create an oversight committee or an audit committee. Information about the CFD is available from the school district upon request. Therefore, the recommendation will not be implemented. Board of Education: Jeffrey Barke • David Boyer • Megan Cutuli • Diana D. Hill • Karen Russell Orange County Grand Jury September 23, 2015 Page 2 Recommendation 2: Audit report information, as delineated in California Government Code, 1982 Section 53343.1, should be made available to the CFD taxpayers on a website after each fiscal year for each CFD numb...

F2

Superintendents provide varying levels of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in their respective school districts. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District partially disagrees in that it cannot comment on the superintendent level of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in other districts. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, the Superintendent, Andrew Pulver, Ed.D., joined the OCDE K-12 Strong Workforce Initiative to e...

Response: Disagree Score: -1

The Los Alamitos Unified School District disagrees completely with this Finding. The Los Alamitos Unified School District believes there is sufficient oversight and auditing of its CFDs. Finding 3: While the assumption is that the CFD debt would be repaid in a finite period of time, there is a mechanism available to controlling entities to extend debt obligations and thereby extend the CFD special tax in perpetuity.

R2

Superintendents should ensure that their schools have policies that cover, at a minimum: the scope, guiding principles, and training regarding the responsible use of AI tools by students and teachers; any prohibited uses of special considerations regarding AI tools; and related security, privacy, and safety considerations. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recomm...

Response: Implemented

Score: 0

All information is available from the Los Alamitos Unified School District upon request. Therefore, this recommendation has been implemented. If you have any further questions or need additional information, please contact Patricia Meyer at (562) 799-4700 Ext. 80449. Sincerely, Patricia L. Meyer Deputy Superintendent

F3

There are many resources to guide educators in using AI. Several Are available at the local level through the Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Board of Education, CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County, and Orange Unified School District Technology Department, to name a few. However, utilization and even awareness of the availability of such resources is highly variable across school districts. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District does not have first...

Response: Disagree Score: -1

The Los Alamitos Unified School District disagrees completely with this Finding. The Los Alamitos Unified School District has issued Certificates of Participation that will be paid in full in 2024. Recommendation 1: Each local agency that established the CFD should create an oversight committee and an audit committee to provide for an independent, transparent view of the manner in which CFD funds are being expended.

Unified School District

July 30, 2014 • 1 pages • 1 response View Details ▾

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1 response to findings and recommendations

R2

Superintendents should ensure that their schools have policies that cover, at a minimum: the scope, guiding principles, and training regarding the responsible use of AI tools by students and teachers; any prohibited uses of special considerations regarding AI tools; and related security, privacy, and safety considerations. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recomm...

Response: Unknown

Score: 0

</b> The Los Alamitos Unified School District partially disagrees with this recommendation. The Los Alamitos Unified School District agrees that a clear explanation of the assumed future growth rate of assessed values in the bond election materials made available to voters is a good recommendation for school districts. The Los Alamitos Unified School District also agrees that the explanation should reference relevant historical assessed value data for the individual district. However, the Los Alamitos Unified School District cannot determine if there is a factual basis for the remainder of the...

Unified School District

September 12, 2011 • 3 pages • 3 responses • Score: +3 (+3, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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3 responses to findings and recommendations

F1

Orange County's K-12 public schools have implemented policies and/or guidelines around the use of different AI platforms in varying and inconsistent ways. Some prohibit AI's use; others allow it: and some don't have policies or guidelines governing AI at all. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District cannot comment on other districts' policies and/or guidelines around the use of AI platforms. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, we are developing AI polic...

Response: Agree Score: +1

With respect to reported constraints on emergency planning and preparation, over half of schools and almost three I' quarters of districts identified either limited time or funds. S ti The Los Alamitos Unified School District agrees with this finding. If school districts had more personnel and resources, districts would be able to move forward with emergency managemeilt planning. At present, limited state funds are available and a federal'grant program to support emergency management planning will end in Fiscal Year 2012. I Finding 2: ~ Six (of 17) school districts have managed to apply for ...

R1

By June 30, 2025 Orange County's K-12 schools should implement policies and guidelines regarding the appropriate use of AI. These may be provided at the district level or within individual schools through the adoption of an Acceptable Use Policy, Code of Ethics, or other written directives addressing the use of AI. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. The District has not yet implemented this recommendation but will implement this recommendation...

Response: Will Implement

Score: +1

f Those districts which have yet to identify disaster grant opportunities, especially from governmental agencies, investigate the availability of potential resources. Forming inter-district collaboratives, learning from districts in "' the county that have been successful, pooling resources, and asking for consultation from the Orange County Superintendent of SchoolsIOCDE may help in these efforts. The Los Alamitos Unified School District has not received grants for emergency preparedness. In the fiture, our district intends to implement Recommendation 1 by identifying disaster grant opportuni...

F2

Superintendents provide varying levels of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in their respective school districts. The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District partially disagrees in that it cannot comment on the superintendent level of support in implementing AI policies and/or guidelines in other districts. As it pertains to Los Alamitos Unified School District, the Superintendent, Andrew Pulver, Ed.D., joined the OCDE K-12 Strong Workforce Initiative to e...

Response: Agree Score: +1

~ Six (of 17) school districts have managed to apply for and receive relatively large grants from governmental agencies to greatly enhance their emergency planning efforts, while others have not. I - -- " The Los Alamitos Unified School District agrees that school districts should seek grant funding. The existing federal grant program will be phasing out in 2012 and other grant programs will need to be identified. Finding 3: 1 Some schools anticipate responding to only a few emergency situations (e.g., earthquake and fire), while others have developed plans to respond to over a dozen different...

Unified School District

October 24, 2007 • 1 pages View Details ▾

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