Superintendent and the director of technology described a grade-based approach to classroom AI, teacher-guided monitored AI for upper elementary, limits for early grades, device management practices, and announced a Parent University on Nov. 16 to familiarize families with AI and classroom platforms.

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The Norwalk Board of Education this week outlined a draft districtwide technology‑use regulation that would limit daily instructional screen time by grade, stop assigned Chromebooks for K–2 and keep YouTube blocked for elementary grades; officials scheduled staff training and a Nov. 10 community forum.

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District presented implementation progress on screen-time recommendations — a pause on new apps, removal of gamified components in I-Ready, green-listing approved resources, K–1 iPad limits and YouTube blocked through middle school — and Director Weston moved to create an Edutech guardrail policy; the motion lacked a second.

District staff recommended a preK–12 device modernization plan using iPads for early grades and MacBook Neos for upper grades and teachers, estimating a combined investment of about $11 million and annual payments near $2.8 million under financing, citing heavy repair costs on aging Chromebooks.

District staff told the board that 63% of Chromebooks are beyond their life cycle, repairs topped 6,600 last year, and recommended a 14,585‑device refresh (iPads for PreK–2, MacBook Neos for grades 3–12) with an estimated $11M total cost and annual payments around $2.8M under a four‑year financing plan.

District IT staff told the board that filtering uses a two‑fold system (firewall and Apple education filters), that categories (games, adult content, gambling) are blocked and that Jamf Parent is available only for devices students take home (middle/high school). Staff also described non‑deletable web history and a site recategorization process.