Not really Kris, that meeting was a setup. The board had already decided. If you looked at the rules for the invite, they were strongly slanted towards ID. And quite rightly the scientists did not participate.
First thing is that only science is to be taught in science classes, not religion. ID is not science but creationism dressed up and with a lot of makeup. Read the Dover, PA decision about ID. The only reason why the standards lasted less than a year was because those fundie asses were voted out of office. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > No, the full story there is that the state school board sent out invitations > to scientists on both sides of the debate over whether ID theory actually > qualified as science and none of its critics bothered to show up. They were > trying to find the truth of the matter and only got one side of the story. > I'll also point out that those standards lasted less than a year. > > But I digress. The issue is that the school districts in Eastern Kansas > (where these experts are) can operate on less state funding than the ones in > Western Kansas (where I am) due to a greater population density and higher > property values. They get a lot more money from their local option taxes > there than we do here. The story of Kansas politics really: The politicians > only see the state from about Wichita eastward so those of us out in the > western part of the state get the shaft on a lot of things. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:57 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: CFUnited Soundoff > > > Tell me were these the same experts who crafted the notorious science > standards? > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: >> >> I work for a school district in Kansas. We've got some 'experts' in >> Topeka telling the state legislature that schools don't need money to >> operate and the idiots believed them for a while. They finally stopped >> making cuts but we're still operating on a pretty tight budget. A whole >> lot of districts had to close down completely after last year's cuts. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: trish simon [mailto:trishsimo...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:38 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: CFUnited Soundoff >> >> >> What State do you work for? >> >> On 7/23/10, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: >>> >>> I wish I could but until the state recovers from the recession and >> gets >>> our funding back up to decent levels we've been told not to even ask >>> about such things. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sandra Clark [mailto:sclarkli...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:12 AM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: CFUnited Soundoff >>> >>> >>> Who is going? This is the last one. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll be there. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
