According to the Leavenworth Times, local resident Sanford Sheaks presented the board with information about intelligent design and asked that criticisms of evolution be taught. LTC Sheaks is president of the Friends of Leavenworth High School, lost a bid for a seat on the school board in February 2007 and donates to the Leavenworth County Republicans.
In other perhaps related news, the Leavenworth school board voted to adopt new science textbooks at the same meeting. Board vice-president Steve Fitzgerald abstained from the vote, a position which counted officially as opposition. Fitzgerald (R) is running for the District 5 seat in the Kansas Senate and is a staunch supporter of Phill Kline, Sam Brownback and Bob Lyon. Standing in sole opposition to a science textbook adoption is a strange move for a candidate whose issues section of his campaign website pledges to get more resources into the classrooms.
posted by Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
