This Is Happening RIGHT NOW
The Amity Board of Education is trying to increase funding for AI-powered platforms including Class Companion, SchoolAI, and Magic School AI. They want YOUR tax dollars to pay companies that gamble your student's transcript, support ICE deportations and destroy the environment.
These tools, which are powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, are being sold as "harmless learning tools." Don't be fooled. Any system that scores student work influences grades. And even if they didn't, the ethical violations alone should end this conversation.
The Board will vote soon. If you don't act NOW, this passes by default. Your silence is your approval.
Why You Should Be FURIOUS
Your School Is Funding ICE
OpenAI is a MAJOR ICE contractor. Their technology is actively used in deportation raids and surveillance of immigrant communities.
Amity pays OpenAI. Your tax dollars fund family separations. The district claims to oppose these policies while bankrolling the companies that enable them.
Direct complicity. No wiggle room.
Environmental Destruction at Scale
AI data centers consumed 460 TWh in 2022 , equivalent to the entire nation of France
Projected 1,050 TWh by 2026, sitting between Japan and Russia globally
OpenAI servers: 20 million gallons of water DAILY just for cooling. In 16 days, it'll use up enough water to fill Lake Chamberlain.
Communities near data centers face water contamination and shortages. We teach kids about climate change, then burn fossil fuels to grade their essays.
Blatant Double Standards
Students using AI: Office referral, zero on assignment, phone call home.
School using AI to grade students: Totally fine?
You punish kids for outsourcing thinking, then outsource judgment to the same tools.
The message here is that rules exist to control students, not to uphold principles.
The System DOESN'T WORK
Students are already getting wrong grades from AI. Multiple reports of incorrect scoring that only got fixed when students pushed back.
How many errors slipped through? How many students just accepted a wrong grade?
GPAs. College admissions. Scholarships. Futures.
The school is gambling with untested AI tools on your student's transcript.
Built on Stolen Content
OpenAI faces 70+ copyright lawsuits from authors, publishers, and content creators who never consented to their work being used.
Courts have found companies downloaded "pirated copies from shadow libraries" to train AI models. Anthropic recently settled for $1.5 billion over similar claims.
Amity is paying for tools built on mass copyright infringement, then using those tools to judge students on academic integrity.
AI Replicates and Amplifies Bias
Research shows AI grading exhibits racial bias. A 2025 study found ChatGPT replicated demographic disparities in essay scoring—students from marginalized backgrounds got lower grades for the same quality work.
AI also struggles to distinguish great writing from mediocre work, giving out mostly Cs instead of recognizing excellence.
Strong writers will lose recognition. Bias will get baked into grades. And unlike human teachers who can recognize and address their biases, AI just repeats patterns from flawed training data.
FIGHT BACK: Send Your Letter NOW
The Board needs to hear from you IMMEDIATELY. Generate your letter, send it TODAY, and make sure they know this community will NOT stand for this.
Every email matters. Every voice counts. Don't assume someone else will do it.
What You MUST Do Right Now
- Generate your letter using the tool above—takes 2 minutes
- Email it IMMEDIATELY to boardofed@amityregion5.org
- Call Dr. Byars using the script below
- Show up to the board meeting and speak (check schedule here)
- Share this page with everyone you know
- Don't stop until they vote NO
📞 Call the Superintendent
Dr. Jennifer Byars, Superintendent
Use this script:
Be polite but firm. Your call matters.
If you do nothing, this passes.
If you wait, it's too late.
ACT NOW.