said<\/a> the plan is difficult to accept as graduation nears in late May.<\/p>\n\u201cIt really sunk in how wild this decision was,\u201d she said, per WFAA. \u201cThere is such a distinct human factor to having somebody who knows you and contributed to your education say your name while you walk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cousins has launched a petition asking the district to restore a live announcer. She said signatures came in quickly, reaching 100 on the first day, and she hopes to gather support from the majority of her school\u2019s senior class.<\/p>\n
While Cousins agrees that correct pronunciation is important, she believes there should be a balance. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something distinctly valuable about having a human experience even when it\u2019s imperfect,\u201d she said, suggesting the AI could be used as a tool to help a human announcer verify names before they are called.<\/p>\n
Watt Lesley Black Jr., who teaches education policy at Southern Methodist University and previously worked as an educator and administrator in North Texas, said the debate reflects a larger tension in schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a question of efficiency versus tradition or accuracy versus authenticity,\u201d Black said, according to WFAA. \u201cTo me\u2026the juice is not worth the squeeze. Graduation ceremonies are one of the most change-resistant and tradition-laden things that we do in education.\u201d<\/p>\n
The district does not have a formal petition process, but encourages students and families to share concerns directly with teachers or campus administrators, who can address them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plano ISD will rely on artificial intelligence to announce the names of graduating seniors at all high school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4267,3436,49858,95960,160,162,2336,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-254232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-graduation-ceremony","11":"tag-namecheck","12":"tag-plano","13":"tag-plano-headlines","14":"tag-plano-isd","15":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}