Henry County Public Schools, a mid-sized rural district in the Kentucky/Appalachia region, integrated Gemini for Education to provide individualized, rubric-aligned writing feedback at no additional charge. Superintendent Jim Masters explained that with 180 assigned students per teacher on average, providing nuanced feedback was a hurdle, and a state-testing AI platform proved cost-prohibitive. Curriculum specialists and veteran teachers tested Gemini against the state rubric until its feedback matched state grading. Gemini helps handle repetitive aspects of feedback, but educators review it before sharing with students. The district measures success through student scores on state assessments: before implementing Gemini-supported writing feedback, 33% of students were graded in the novice tier; after, 15% of students advanced out of the novice group to at, approaching, or exceeding grade level expectations.