{"id":2355,"date":"2015-09-22T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2015-09-22T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T01:31:48","slug":"update-to-not-just-a-theory-in-volusia-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2355","title":{"rendered":"Update to “Not Just a Theory” in Volusia County"},"content":{"rendered":"

A letter was sent out from the principal of Heritage Middle School, Deltona, Florida, concerning an 8th grade science lesson I wrote about in a previous post<\/a>. The letter was posted on the public Facebook page<\/a> of the parent who originally complained about the lesson.<\/p>\n

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A letter was sent out from the principal of Heritage Middle School, Deltona, Florida, concerning an 8th grade science lesson I wrote about in a previous post. 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