RADNOR, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Parents are demanding that the Radnor Township School District do more to address the use of artificial intelligence after a student allegedly used generative AI to create sexual images of other students.
An investigation into those images of Radnor High School students prompted the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office to charge a juvenile with harassment last month.
At a policy committee meeting Tuesday night, parents shared their concerns with school officials and demanded that they revise district policy on AI. Parent Adam Dorfman took issue with how the district responded to the victims and relayed information to families.
“When children come forward, they’re doing exactly what we teach them to do: Speak up, trust adults, ask for help. Instead of protection, they experienced delay. Instead of accountability, minimization. Instead of safety, silence,” he said.
Morgan Dorfman took issue with the timeliness and tone of the district’s communications as the incident unfolded.
“They minimized the conduct and framed the situation in a way that obscured the seriousness of what the school already knew,” she added.
Carley Boyd, who has three children in the district, said the responsibility of educating children on the pitfalls of AI falls on everyone.
“It’s not the district, it’s not the homes, it’s everything together. And you can’t place blame on one or the other,” she said. “I think it’s important for the district to put into policy education for the kids, and put in a policy that will better support the victims of this.”
The committee hasn’t yet made any changes to the district’s policy on AI. School board member Jannie Lau admitted that the policy language addressing technology and cyberbullying is outdated.
“It does read as stale, just to rely on the word ‘electronic,’” she said. “We should seriously consider an update that would include that kind of definition that would include specific examples.”
The committee will bring drafts of policy revisions to their next meeting on March 10.