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theweaselking"School Board approves Biology text book without Creationism"
The Cecil County Board of Education unanimously approved Monday night "Biology: The Dynamics of Life" as a textbook for next year's 10th-grade science classrooms.
The decision came after a board member complained that the book made no reference to creationism.
The board's decision to approve the text came after a public hearing during which four locals asked them to approve the book, while one man said evolution has been proven wrong and should not be taught in schools.
Vaughan Ellerton of Zion, a chemist for 40 years, rejected board member William Herold's request for "intelligent design" - the theory that Earth is so complex it must have been created by a higher being - to be recognized in school science classrooms. "Creationism, or intelligent design, if you prefer the term, is not science because it is impossible to test by experiment," Ellerton said. "It has no place in a science course."
"Biology: The Dynamics of Life" was up for vote at the board's December meeting when the board's two newest members, Herold and Stewart Wilson, said they were unaware of the textbook-approval process, had not seen the book, and would not "rubber-stamp" it without reading it first.
The Cecil County Board of Education unanimously approved Monday night "Biology: The Dynamics of Life" as a textbook for next year's 10th-grade science classrooms.
The decision came after a board member complained that the book made no reference to creationism.
The board's decision to approve the text came after a public hearing during which four locals asked them to approve the book, while one man said evolution has been proven wrong and should not be taught in schools.
Vaughan Ellerton of Zion, a chemist for 40 years, rejected board member William Herold's request for "intelligent design" - the theory that Earth is so complex it must have been created by a higher being - to be recognized in school science classrooms. "Creationism, or intelligent design, if you prefer the term, is not science because it is impossible to test by experiment," Ellerton said. "It has no place in a science course."
"Biology: The Dynamics of Life" was up for vote at the board's December meeting when the board's two newest members, Herold and Stewart Wilson, said they were unaware of the textbook-approval process, had not seen the book, and would not "rubber-stamp" it without reading it first.