Across the country, school districts are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence tools with little public discussion, unclear safeguards, and no meaningful community consent. Amity should not follow that path. Decisions that affect how students are taught, evaluated, and understood must remain rooted in human judgment, professional expertise, and ethical responsibility. This petition exists to ensure that our schools do not outsource core educational decisions to automated systems without transparency or accountability.

Artificial intelligence and large language model tools are increasingly marketed as solutions for grading, feedback, instruction, and student monitoring. While technology can support learning when used carefully, these systems are often trained on opaque data, operate without clear standards, and introduce serious risks to student privacy, academic fairness, and due process. Once implemented, they are difficult to audit, challenge, or reverse. Students and families deserve to know when such tools are being considered, how they are used, and what protections are in place.

Amity’s strength has always been its educators and its community. Teachers bring context, empathy, and professional judgment that no algorithm can replicate. When AI systems are used to evaluate student work or guide educational outcomes, they can reinforce bias, misinterpret nuance, and reduce learning to patterns rather than understanding. Education should be built on relationships, trust, and human accountability.

By signing this petition, you are asking Amity Regional School District to commit to transparency before adopting AI driven tools, to prioritize human decision making in classrooms and administration, and to protect student data from misuse or commercial exploitation. You are calling for clear policies, public disclosure, and meaningful community input before any AI systems are approved or expanded.