Darby, Montana School Board
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| - | Darby, Montana is a small, rural town | + | Darby, Montana is a small, rural town on US Route 93, which follows the Bitterroot River in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. The town is in Ravelli County, Montana, of which Hamiltion is the county seat. Darby is 60 miles southwest of Missoula, not far from the Idaho border. Nearby is the 1.6 million acre Bitterroot National Forest. |
Some 800 people live in Darby, and the Darby High School has some 180 students. In 2004, Darby became a central part of the national struggle in the US against religious incursions into public-school science classrooms. | Some 800 people live in Darby, and the Darby High School has some 180 students. In 2004, Darby became a central part of the national struggle in the US against religious incursions into public-school science classrooms. | ||
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She said Tuesday that the Darby School District runs the risk of violating the Montana Constitution and jeopardizing funding if it adopts a policy and curriculum that introduce creationism into science classes. | She said Tuesday that the Darby School District runs the risk of violating the Montana Constitution and jeopardizing funding if it adopts a policy and curriculum that introduce creationism into science classes. | ||
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| - | The same report noted that this vote by the school board was the first, and that a final vote was | + | The same report noted that this vote by the school board was only the first reading, and that a second and final vote was needed to implement the policy change. Darby was still far from settled on the issue. |
== Darby Reacts to Anti-Evolution Policy == | == Darby Reacts to Anti-Evolution Policy == | ||
