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Local resident urges board to allow creationist teaching alongside evolution in science standards
Summary
A Highlands County resident urged the board to consider adding creation as an alternative to evolution in science standards and to contact state representatives; the board did not take action on the public comment.
Larry Overfield, who identified himself as a Highlands County property owner and taxpayer, addressed the board during the public comment period to argue that the state science standards present evolution without including creation as an alternate explanation.
Overfield referenced the standards framework known to teachers as CPALMS and quoted a standard he identified (spoken in the meeting as "SC912L158" and similar…
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