December, 2024:
Schools across the country—even classical Christian schools—are dealing with increased incidents of AI deepfake technology within their communities. Given the recent increase in discussion about this topic, we asked two administrators to join Devin O’Donnell in the studio to talk about this issue.
Click to watch their conversation, which includes:
- Response to an incident
- Addressing the students involved
- Addressing parents’ concerns
- Involving the police
- School liability issues
- How to approach other hidden sins in the community
- School policies regarding technology and the “Postman Pledge”
As a resource for other schools, The Ambrose School has shared portions of their handbook that you may find helpful:
Conduct Outside of School
Because student behavior outside of school can affect the ethos of the school, we reserve the right to take breeches of character into consideration when disciplining students. Parents are primarily responsible for the discipline of students who misbehave inside or outside of school. Inside school, we have a variety of disciplinary actions at our disposal. Our actions are limited to suspension or expulsion for activities based on outside activities. Our reason for this policy is rooted in 1 Cor 15:33, “Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’”
Standards for Behavior Outside of School
1. Your honor has no boundaries. Honorable students are honorable in all settings, inside and outside of school.
2. A student’s dishonorable actions dishonor the school. Any immoral or illegal action that rises to the school’s attention and which has become known or will likely become known to other members of the student body will be considered for disciplinary action. These actions include
anything that is illegal, sexual impurity, acting or speaking crassly, vandalism, violent or threatening actions, or extreme unkindness.
3. Social Media and Texting—We strongly advise against using social media. Without personal accountability, innocent communication can degenerate into uncontrolled sin. Since most of these sites create “networks” of friends, only one or two clicks could take a student from their classmate to a classmate’s friend, who happens to use foul language, be disrespectful to authority, and contain tempting photographs. Given the nature of the internet, we encourage all parents to employ filters that stop inappropriate material. The Ambrose school reserves the right to monitor social media and texting if/when they negatively affect our students or community.
4. Students who create dissension among the student body by encouraging other students to engage in bad behavior outside of school.