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Ohio School Is Divided Over Support Of Science Teacher

By Howard M. Friedman

Yesterday's Mt. Vernon (OH) News reports on the peer pressure at Mt. Vernon Middle School for students to support controversial science teacher John Freshwater. As reported previously, Freshwater is defying a directive that he remove a Bible that he keeps on his desk in view of his students. The community has become sharply divided over support of the teacher. Parent Christine Hamilton says her two sons have been harassed because they are friends with the boy whose parents filed the complaint against Freshwater. Meanwhile, a separate investigation is under way of an minor injury suffered by a student during Freshwater's science class. The injury was apparently caused by some kind of electrostatic device. (Mt. Vernon News). [Thanks to Scott Mange for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).