John Freshwater (born June 22, 1956) is a former science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School in Mount Vernon, Ohio, who was dismissed by the Board of Education for teaching creationism in a public school, and using a Tesla coil to "mark the shape of the cross into the arms of eighth grade students".
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 who claimed "Mr. 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's appeal of the dismissal was denied in two different appeal courts, and was heard by the Supreme Court of Ohio on February 27, 2013.
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