John Freshwater

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Freshwater
Occupation	Teacher
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1956(1956-06-22)
Age	68
Country	United States
Birth City	United States of America
Horoscope	Gemini

John Freshwater Biography

John Freshwater is one of the most popular and richest Teacher who was born on June 22, 1956 in United States of America, United States. John Freshwater (born June 22 1956) was an ex-science instructor in the Mount Vernon Middle School in Mount Vernon, Ohio, who was exiled in the Board of Education for teaching creationism in a public institution.

At the end of July, 2008 Freshwater contested this decision asking for a public administrative hearing as permitted in Ohio’s Revised Code 3319.16 and the school board started conducting hearings in October. These hearings included testimony from parents, students as well as teachers and administrators on the basis of the school board’s reasons for resigning. The termination hearing, which was conducted by lawyer R. Lee Shepherd, was not a regular event, with evidence being heard over more than 40 days over the course of two years. After an hearing judge will decide if the board had enough grounds to end Freshwater’s contract, and then provide the school board with an advisory recommendation that was not binding. Through the entire hearing, Freshwater was suspended without payment.

In April 2008, Freshwater publicly claimed he was told by school administration to remove a Bible off his desk, but refused. This prompted some students to hold a rally in support of Freshwater a few days later. Subsequently, the school released a statement the following week, in part, “The allegations against Mr. Freshwater are very serious. This is not about his personal Bible on his desktop. It is about the totality of his conduct.” At that time, he was under investigation for preaching his religion to his students, teaching creationism, encouraging prayer and burning students with a Christian cross with an electric lab instrument. Freshwater’s lawyer described the complaints as “fabrications.”

Freshwater was suspended without pay and requested a public administrative hearing, which began in October 2008 and concluded in January 2011 with the hearing referee recommending the school board terminate Freshwater’s teaching contract. One week later, the Board terminated Freshwater’s contracts. Additionally, Freshwater was involved with two federal court cases regarding the accusations, one brought against him by the student because Freshwater burned a cross into his arm, which was settled out of court, and in the other Freshwater sued his employers, which he later withdrew. Freshwater appealed his termination, but the appeals were denied by two different appeal courts and the Supreme Court of Ohio.

In June of 2008 family members of the “Doe” (pseudonym) family filed Doe v. Mount Vernon Board of Education and al. in federal court in opposition to Freshwater along with the Board of Education of the Mount Vernon City School District. The suit alleged Freshwater has been a pro-lifer in the classroom as well as displayed religious materials (which was not intended for the sole purpose of his own usage) within the class and burned the son’s arm that was in the shape of an eagle. It was later discovered that plaintiffs were from the relatives that included Zachary Dennis.

John Freshwater Net Worth

John Freshwater is one of the richest Teacher from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Freshwater 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Freshwater worked in the Mount Vernon Middle School from 1987 until he was dismissed in 2008 and then officially dismissed in January of 2011 after 2 years of hearings. Freshwater was presently (2017) working in the Akron Preparatory Academy. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree of Education at Ohio University and an Associate’s degree in Recreation and Wildlife from Hocking College. His wife is also married. He has 3 kids.

In September 2008, WCMH-TV reported that Freshwater made a counterclaim that it was suffering “emotional distress, lost time from work and anxiety in his lawsuit. Plus, he wanted this case to be heard before a jury.”

In June 2008, the local school board voted unanimously to initiate termination proceedings against Freshwater after an independent investigative report concluded Freshwater preached creationism, claimed evolution is discredited and did not teach the required science curriculum. It was publicly revealed that as early as 2006, he was told to stop teaching creationism and intelligent design, but he continued to do so. In addition, the investigative report included photos of a child’s arm with burn markings in the shape of a cross. The report also included the claim that several teachers complained for eleven years that Freshwater was teaching evolution incorrectly. Freshwater was also accused of shocking a special-needs student in the back after telling him to pick up a test tube, though Freshwater said he might have touched the student inadvertently as the boy walked past him. Further, it was alleged that he had used material from Answers in Genesis, Jonathan Wells’ Icons of Evolution, and Kent Hovind to cast doubt on evolution and had assigned students to see the pro-intelligent design movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed for extra credit. According to CNN, “The report also cites evidence that Mr. Freshwater told his students that ‘science is wrong because the Bible states that homosexuality is a sin and so anyone who is gay chooses to be gay and is therefore a sinner’.”

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On August 31, 2010 the Freshwaters’ lawyer, Hamilton, was ordered to pay the Mount Vernon Board of Education’s lawyer fees. The judge found that, “Plaintiffs have repeatedly failed to meet their discovery obligations in this case. The fact that their attorney regards himself as over-extended does not relieve either plaintiffs or their attorney of their obligations in this litigation — which was, after all, initiated by them.”

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On October 27, 2010 it was announced the case was settled and the family would receive $450,000 plus attorney fees. The settlement includes a $300,000 payment by Freshwater’s insurer to Stephen and Jenifer Dennis to compensate them “for mental pain and other damages suffered” as well as a $150,000 annuity for their minor son, Zach Dennis and a $25,000 payment to Jones Day, the Dennises’ attorney. As part of the settlement, “Dennis family has agreed to forego recovery of the sanctions awarded to them by the federal district judge presiding over the case.” An attachment to the settlement from the family said they settled “to avoid having to put their son, Zach, and other Mount Vernon school students through the ordeal of what would likely have been a multi-week trial.” John Freshwater “said he had no comment regarding the settlement.”