Thursday, November 03, 2005  A "Living Word driven" district  So
it wasn't just biology that the Dover board had in their sights.
Social studies was Public Enemy Number Two!  This morning's
proceedings at CR2 (courtroom 2) featured two Dover Area School
District employees. Assistant Superintendent Michael Baksa
continued his testimony, and later the defense called biology
teacher Robert Linker to the stand.  Baksa talked about his
involvement in the curriculum change. After the board passed the
curriculum change in October 2004, Baksa received an e-mail from
social studies teacher Brad Neal in which Mr. Neal sarcastically
asked if the school was changing from a "standards-driven
district" to a "Living Word driven" district and went on to
speculate that his teaching of judicial history might be in
jeopardy. Baksa responded, "Be careful what you wish for," and
referred to a book called The Myth of Separation by David Barton
that Baksa had received from Superintendent Richard Nilsen,
which Nilsen had received fr