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Resident criticizes classroom teaching on cosmology and targets local official during public comment
Summary
Resident Joe Kroger used his allotted public-comment time to question teaching about the distances of stars, discuss the study of proper names, and criticize a local official, calling him 'venal.' No direct response from district officials is recorded in the meeting transcript.
Joe Kroger identified himself during the public-comment portion of the meeting and used his allotted time to question how teachers present cosmology and astronomical distances. Kroger challenged explanatory methods (referring to "cosmic parallax" and trigonometry) and told the board he believes teachers should not state distances to stars as certain. "I would implore you to tell your teachers to stop telling the kids that they know for sure," Kroger said.
Kroger also described "pnomastics" (the study of proper names) and referenced the Nag Hammadi codex. In the final portion of his remarks he sharply criticized a local official, Ken Adams, saying he wanted to "publicly shame" him and calling him "venal." The transcript records Kroger's comments and the chair noting the public-comment period concluded; no formal response from the board or staff to Kroger's assertions was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The remarks included factual claims about scientific methods and historical materials; these assertions were made by a public commenter and were not verified on the record. The board did not take substantive action in response to the comments during the meeting.
