ummm the scientific fields that verify evolution have come a long way since the 1800s.... just because her scientific knowledge stops 3 centuries ago, does not mean science came to a stand still as well... foolish woman

Religious people give science about the same about of belief that a logical minded person gives religion.

Facepalm for sure.

Science rarely claims to “prove” anything. Science “demonstrates,” it “supports,” it “provides evidence” of things that it can show in a systemic and self-evaluative process. Religion, on the other hand, claims certainty without ANY proof.

I don't know exactly how I would have responded to her if MY job were at risk, but I wish someone at that meeting would have spelled out to her what a scientific theory actually is, that they are never actually "proven," rather only supported or refuted by evidence and that, given that yardstick, the evidence for this theory puts most others to shame, so overwhelming it is. Hashtag#religion stops a thinking mind.

Very tactful answers. However I was hoping for something more along the lines of "We're teaching Natural Selection in the hope that future generations won't be ignorant of the fact that it's been repeatedly confirmed by a confluence of evidence over the last century and a half."