It's about time! Hillsborough doesn’t have that many great teachers that we could afford to let one go. I'm glad he will be back in the classroom where he belongs

This is great news, he didn't deserve to get suspended

This is great news for Mr. Kampf and his students. The students who have been affected by this "suspension" were left in the lurch, not knowing what had happened to their teacher and given a variety of substitutes who gave them book work. No "real" teaching has occurred during this time. The primary concern needs to be the students. Perhaps the Superintendent should have thought more about that issue. Welcome back Mr. Kampf.

Headline should be...."Hillsborough School Board Buckles Under NJEA Pressure". Based on the story its seems Hillsborough parents are willing to put up a teacher indoctrinating their kids on the benefits of being a drunk or druggie!

Perhaps (and I say "perhaps") the policies that are in place were followed, procedures were followed, and now it's safe to let the teacher back. You can thank the folks who may scream injustice now but would be the first in line filing lawsuits if the board had not followed the procedures and it turned out that the offense was a legitimate cause for suspension. If you think the policies and procedures are overkill, then you can thank your lawsuit-happy fellow citizens. In direct conflict with what the Jackson 5 said, one bad apple can indeed spoil the whole bunch.
As for the lack of information as to why the suspension occurred, the teacher is the only one allowed to tell the public and he refuses. So I guess we won't know if the board overreacted by suspending him. Perhaps with that information, some might (and I say "might") even understand why it occurred.
From all the feedback though, I hope this teach is still around for many years to come.

Great news for Mr. Kampf and his students! Whatever the reason for the suspension, I think that the school board members who did not participate in the decision should be ashamed of themselves. The excuse of lack of information is just that, an excuse. The fact that some board members were “ill-prepared” to vote speaks volumes. It is the job of the superintendent and the board to get all of the facts first before making a decision. I also think it's time that the superintendent and the school board spend some time investigating the teachers who are not doing their job and serve no benefit to our kids or their education. There are plenty of those to keep them busy. The students have become an afterthought here. Just remember this incident when school board elections come around!

I had no stake in any of this and followed it purely out of interest. The whole thing is a debacle and everyone should be ashamed of putting this teacher's name out there. As far as the kids, it's the same as if he had gotten the flu for a week and they never needed to know. An impartial review was hopefully done and that's that. If he had been a danger, you would want him suspended until facts were known. This should have been a private matter to be disclosed by him if he wished. If any of you had a problem where you were reprimanded at work, would you want it splashed all over the Internet to haunt you possibly forever? Totally unprofessional of every person who has "advocated" for something that was none of their business. What you did had no bearing on anything, I hope. Our society needs to stop acting like people's personal lives are our business. If the teacher chose to speak about it publicly and initiate it, this would be a different story. This was a matter of employer-employee business, and all the people who compared this to genocide or civil rights have obviously not learned anything about the true meaning of oppression. There were legal recourses and procedures in this incident, they were followed. It's great the teacher is well liked and has his job, but he never lost it and to suggest he did or would have without due process or just cause is wrong.

For someone who has no stake in it SK sounds pretty angry and judgmental towards those who do have a stake in education here. What does being professional or unprofessional have to do with any of this? Those expressing opinions don't work for the board of ed. and have no protocol to follow and it is absolutely our business when it affects our kids. I think it was admirable that not only parents, but students spoke their minds about something that they felt was unfair or unjust. Also, not sure who ALL those people were who compared it to genocide??? I think you need to read other people's comments and opinions more carefully.

I have to say I've enjoyed reading through all the comments
here on both sides of the issue... Nice to see Hillsbourgh so alive with debate...

One area I havent' seen discussed or mentioned was related to the teaching/learning behind the request for the students to watch 'The Flight'...
Can anyone comment on why this movie was chosen... seems like
an odd movie to me at first glance... but I'm sure I must be missing something...

He was found to be safe to be with kids - that's what I'm saying. If something wrong was done, absolutely parents and students should know. But until the investigation was complete and facts were known, it didn't need to be public - if he was innocent of wrong-doing, no need to have it splashed publicly and possibly haunt him for life. I saw at least three comments in various forums relating the advocacy specifically to genocide or the holocaust. Those are who I was addressing. If someone accuses someone else of sexual harassment in any workplace as a hypothetical example, the employee should be suspended and an impartial investigation done, but the accusation need not be public until found to be grounded in fact so as not to affect the reputation of a potentially innocent person.

Tug is dealing with a bunch of repressed anger. You'd be in the tall weeds for sometime to find a better teacher . Not a by the book parents and admin arse kissing professional happy for their job. Lucky me I know a few but none as good as jeff

Tugwalia: take your right index finger, put it on your lips sideways and move it up and down while trying to pronounce the letter "b"...
...b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b....

Because thats all what you sound like here.

Jeffrey Kampf is just another participant in the American-Way death march, tainting the views of young minds who don’t know better. He should have stayed suspended.

Hey BillBalls,
Maybe we can get together with the others who think like us, start a movement, and then go from town to town finding teachers like this one! Then we can burn their books, and put them all in prison. In fact, if nobody speaks up, we might even be able to give them all a " special treatment ".

@Firstamendment - This issue has nothing to do with the 1st amendment! NOTHING!!!! Are you a product of Hillsborough high? I thought that was a highly regarded learning establishment. Maybe you slept through that class?

Hey BillBalls, read your own words: "Probably high school brats emulating their oh so special want to be Shock Jock loser of a teacher!" Do you think you would be a good teacher?

The world has gone mad! Teacher shows movie that glorifies drugs and drops the F bomb in class... parents claim he is the BEST teacher in HillBillyBoro!

No wonder why the country is so screwed up!

You obviously are too dumb to understand the basis of the film. Maybe you should watch it again. Maybe YOU should go back to school.
Just keep sheltering 17 and 18 year old kids, so when they get to college and try to fit into the "real" world, they freak out. Have you looked around? Do you see the poverty, the desperation, the moral choices that are killing the entire world? Here look at this scene again from "Flight", maybe you will understand the film a little better!
http://klipd.com/watch/flight/act-of-god-scene

"Have you looked around? Do you see the poverty, the desperation, the moral choices that are killing the entire world?" LOL LOL LOL LOL!

Yes and part of the root cause are parents accepting some feel good "boost Johnny and Sally's self esteem" foul mouth teacher as being the greatest teacher since Jesus Christ !

Get a grip 1stamend....or is your real name...........................Jeffrey Kampf?

I would love to be Jeffrey Kampf.

LOL...LOL....It is you! What a joke! Trying to hide behind the first amendment for cursing in front of a bunch of kids! Yes the world has gone mad! Maybe if school districts would stop being afraid of the NJEA and really implement teacher evaluations this guy would have been gone a long time ago!

I am a parent of a student that Jeff Kampf both taught and "coached". I am amazed at the accolades that this man is receiving. I think that what we are seeing here is a group of students that are entertained by the teacher that trys way too hard to be their cool friend. The parents that are supporting him are only hearing that side of the classroom experience from their child. Has anyone remembered that he was removed as the coach of a winning hockey team? If the posts that I am reading here are accurate and he is really the best teacher at HHS, then I am very glad that my children have graduated. It may be time for the rest of you to move to Montgomery!

"removed as the coach of a winning hockey team?" Why wasn't this reported? If true this guy has a history of issues and is NOT "the poor innocent best teacher in the word", being portrayed by his apologist..

Jeff Kampf is PASSIONATE about life. He is educated, current and involved.
He CARES about his students. ( And he IS cool.)

It's very interesting to read all of these comments and the judgements that are being made when NO ONE(other than Mr. Kampf, the BOE, his attorney and his family) has any facts to bring to the table about WHY he was suspended, and that includes myself. It's certainly commendable to rally to the support of someone you may like personally when they're in a tough situation. But you should have the facts. And those of you who don't like him and choose to demean him and render your opinions of him without any frame of reference or facts whatsoever, should ask yourself, "what skeleton's are in my closet?". While some of you may have been in, or are currently in his class, or know him outside the classroom as I do, without the facts, you taint his reputation even more with baseless inuendo, speculation and vitiol comments. NOBODY has any business being his judge and jury in this situation as it is currently, and Mr Kampf shouldn't have to endure the venom being spewed at him. While Mr kampf may have a questionable history, BACK OFF until you've got something that has facts to go along with your comment. In case you haven't heard, it's what's called "fair play".

You know what I recommend all you guys do? How about you register for one of his World Civilization classes for the fall at RVCC. It fills up fast because EVERYONE LIKES HIS CLASS!! That way you can make an actual opinion instead of formulating one from news articles and hearsay, and will be able to get the entire student view.
Yeah, I'm talking to you bullies, BillBalls and Tugwalla.

And Tugwalla, if the NJEA only knew about HALF of the teachers at the school. I had my french teacher my sophmore year get into a screaming match with me, and then yelled at my father. You call that professional? How about RIDICULOUS! There's entire schools filled with teachers that need to be gotten rid of, and their jobs given to teachers that have passion and drive, much like Kampf.