Does deal let former teacher be on board?
By Anne Krueger, San Diego Union Tribune, December 7, 2006 Teacher Fred Kamper resigned from the Mountain Empire Unified School District in June after he was accused of inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl in his class. Next week, Kamper will return to the backcountry district as a newly elected member of its school board. Kamper, a Mountain Empire employee for 26 years, has a long history of lawsuits and disciplinary actions. With his election, attorneys for the district are studying whether he’s eligible to serve on the board. Kamper, 56, did not return phone calls from a reporter, and has previously said he is not allowed to talk about litigation. Superintendent Patrick Judd declined to comment. The Mountain Empire district covers 665 square miles of East County’s backcountry. It has about 1,750 students attending six elementary schools, a middle and high school, and four alternative schools. Attorneys for the district are studying whether Kamper’s service on the board would v
