Concord High biology teacher questioned over creationism videos - Elkhart Truth

Curious as to how many of these students can meet the minimum standards in science.

A biology teacher at Concord High School is under scrutiny over videos he is accused of showing to his class that advocate creationism.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, attorney Patrick C. Elliott of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent Concord Community Schools Superintendent Wayne Stubbs a four-page letter addressing claims made to them by “a concerned parent.”

According to the letter, the parent said that Ryan Culp, a Concord High School biology teacher, showed his class parts of a video series by Kent Hovind called “Lies in the Textbooks” over a series of several classes.

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In the letter to Stubbs, the attorney writes that when the parent spoke with Culp about the videos, Culp said he is legally allowed to bring creationism into the classroom as long as it isn’t more than “like, half of what the information is,” and that he is not permitted to teach either creationism or evolution as truth.

Concord High biology teacher questioned over creationism videos - Elkhart Truth

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In Culp’s mind, the law says you can teach Creationism in science class, as long as it’s no more than 49% of the material. That’s pure fiction, of course, akin to saying you can show “The Flintstones” as a documentary as long as it’s only half the class period.