Freshwater appeals to 5th District Court
In a brief filed recently with the 5th District Court of Appeals in Ohio, John Freshwater asked the district court to order the Mount Vernon Board of Education to reinstate him to his position teaching...
View ArticleMVBOE Members Sworn In
New Mount Vernon Board of Education member Cheryle Feasel and re-elected members Dr. Margie Bennett and Jody Goetzman took an improvised oath of office at the board's Tuesday organizational meeting....
View ArticleDistrict court rules against Freshwater’s appeal
The 5th District Court of Appeals in Ohio issued a decision Monday affirming a lower court’s decision to uphold the firing of former eighth-grade science teacher John Freshwater. The appeal to the...
View ArticlePress release: Rutherford Institute appeals to Ohio Supreme Court on behalf...
The following press release was provided Friday by The Rutherford Institute: MOUNT VERNON, Ohio— The Rutherford Institute has appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of John Freshwater, a...
View ArticleMV school board allows teaching of controversial issues
No, it’s not a new development. It has been the policy, at least on paper, of the Mount Vernon Board of Education to allow the teaching of controversial issues. The following is the board’s...
View ArticleMV school board: Firing of Freshwater not of public interest
Attorneys for the Mount Vernon Board of Education on Friday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to refuse to hear the John Freshwater case because it was “a run-of-the-mill termination case.” The board’s...
View ArticleBarone to not seek re-election
Mount Vernon Board of Education member Paula Barone has announced that she does not plan to seek re-election to the board. The announcement came in a May 10 email sent to members of the board. Barone...
View ArticlePress release: Ohio Supreme Court agrees to hear Rutherford Institute’s case...
The following press release was provided Friday by The Rutherford Institute: MOUNT VERNON, Ohio— The Ohio Supreme Court has granted The Rutherford Institute’s appeal to hear the case of John...
View ArticleFreshwater case could go to U.S. Supreme Court
Bob Kellogg, OneNewsNow, reports that John Freshwater’s case could go to the U.S Supreme Court. Kellogg quotes John Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, as saying: "I think this is a...
View ArticleThe Columbus Dispatch takes a leap of faith, declares evolution a ‘fact’
Editorial The Columbus Dispatch editorial writers have been at it again. This time, while writing about the John Freshwater case, they have taken it upon themselves to solve the hotly debated topic of...
View ArticleFreshwater files brief with Ohio Supreme Court
John Freshwater, through his attorneys, filed a merit brief with the Ohio Supreme Court on Friday. The brief presents the basis for his claim that he was wrongfully terminated from his job teaching at...
View ArticlePress release: Rutherford Institute asks Ohio Supreme Court to affirm right...
The following press release was provided Wednesday by The Rutherford Institute: MOUNT VERNON, Ohio—In filing a merits brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in Freshwater v. Mount Vernon, attorneys for The...
View ArticleMV school board attorneys ask court for more time to respond to Freshwater’s...
The Mount Vernon Board of Education’s attorneys are requesting that the Ohio Supreme Court allow them additional time to respond to John Freshwater’s recently filed merit brief. The attorneys want an...
View ArticleSchool attorneys argue for going back to the Bible
The controversy at the Mount Vernon City Schools began with the Bible, and it may soon get back to being about the Bible. At least if attorneys for the Mount Vernon Board of Education get their way....
View ArticlePress release: School officials ask Ohio Supreme Court to strike First...
The following press release was provided Tuesday by The Rutherford Institute: MOUNT VERNON, Ohio—Attorneys for the Mount Vernon City School District have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to strike...
View ArticleDocument dump: School board and cohorts file briefs in Freshwater case
The John Freshwater case received an influx of new paperwork on Thursday as the Mount Vernon Board of Education and its cohorts submitted their briefs to the Ohio Supreme Court just in time to meet...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court schedules oral argument for Freshwater case
The Ohio Supreme Court announced today that oral argument for John Freshwater v. Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education has been scheduled for February 27, 2013. According to court...
View ArticleWas the 2012 MV school board oath legal?
When the Mount Vernon Board of Education met for its organizational meeting in January 2012, it was missing something very important: A copy of the oath of office. As even Chief Justice John Roberts...
View ArticlePress release: Rutherford attorneys file final brief with the Ohio Supreme...
The following press release was provided today by The Rutherford Institute: MOUNT VERNON, Ohio—Attorneys for the Rutherford Institute have filed a final reply brief in the case of science teacher John...
View ArticleFreshwater responds to school board’s arguments
John Freshwater, through his attorney R. Kelly Hamilton, filed his reply brief with the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday. The brief is the final step before oral arguments are presented in February 2013...
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