Boston School Committee Approves AI Policy, OAG Goals at Marathon June Meeting

BOSTON -- June 10, 2026, Boston School Committee approves AI policy, decade-old OAG update, and two private schools at a June 10 marathon session. The committee voted unanimously to adopt a district-wide artificial intelligence policy setting guardrails for safe AI use by students and staff and requiring AI literacy training for all, and voted 6-0 to approve an updated Opportunity and Achievement Gaps policy for the first time in nearly a decade, with Superintendent Mary Skipper's team and the OAG Task Force pledging to align it with a forthcoming strategic plan. Two new private schools, the Alpha School, a K-8 personalized learning school, and the Douglas Ridley School, a Reggio Emilia K-6 program, were approved over member objections, with Member Vito Tran voting no on the Douglas Ridley application and multiple members calling on DESE to revisit the approval process. The committee also accepted $5,039,061 in grants, including a $12.8 million Bloomberg Philanthropies skilled trades grant for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School announced in the superintendent's report. More than 20 educators and parents testified about last-minute cuts to SIFE programs for students with limited formal education, with teachers citing the district's "meta-consent decree" with the Department of Justice and warning that forced student exits violate individualized education requirements.