UPDATE::Stubbs addresses creationism concerns in email to parent - Elkhart Truth

",,,no school can make a statement that teachers are infallible educators."

An update, of sorts,,,

The problem, this is not an issue of infallibility. This man is a teacher of science. What Hovind panders is religion. Plain and simple, there are no reputable peer-reviewed scientific papers in support of what Hovind preaches and it should not be in a science class room.

In an email to a parent earlier this week, Concord Superintendent Wayne Stubbs addressed complaints about high school teacher Ryan Culp’s apparent decision to show pro-creationism videos in his biology class.

The email correspondence shared with The Elkhart Truth acknowledged that administrators had taken "corrective action" and informed Culp of his requirements under the law, and that the biology teacher had apologized.

According to Corinne Straight-Reed, a Concord High School graduate and parent, the email exchange began Monday, Feb. 24, when she emailed Stubbs expressing her concern about the videos.

“I have a hard time putting into words the frustration and disappointment I feel that one of Concord’s educators would be so grossly misinformed about the law,” she wrote.

After Stubbs sent an email thanking her for her comments, Straight-Reed emailed him again asking for a more specific response to her concerns. On Monday, March 3, Stubbs responded with an explanation of the school’s decisions in handling the matter.

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“Reading his emails as many times as I did, it just reinforces to me that they didn’t take this seriously from the beginning, and to equate a teacher making a mistake with what he did is asinine,” she said.

Stubbs addresses creationism concerns in email to parent - Elkhart Truth

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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Why is This Public High School Biology Teacher Showing His Classes a Video of Kent Hovind Teaching Creationism?

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.