Teaching Evolution

[Richard Jensen]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Bill Shear wrote:

> >I suspect there are thousands out there who have been heartened by the
> >"boldness" of the Kansas legislature and are chomping at the bit to get
> >similar legislation in their states.

My mistake - here in Indiana it is the state legislature that is involved
at this early stage!

>
> Here in Virginia we have a local option at the county level for either
> appointed or elected school boards.  The theory behind having elected
> boards is that they will be more representative of the community.  So far,
> in our county, we are sticking with an appointed board, and so long as care
> is taken to make appointments that are representative, we will likely
> continue to do so.  An election for school board can easily turn  on a few
> votes, and if a highly motivated group has an agenda, they can elect a
> member they like by simply "getting out the vote."

We also have eleted boards and you are certainly about the possibility of
groups being able to get out the vote for candidates who support their
agendas.


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