(04/01/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Christopher John Klitgord, 29, a teacher at Milwaukie High School in Milwaukie, Oregon has been arrested and charged on allegations that he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student.
Klitgord came to the attention of authorities when the alleged victim told a school resource officer about an ongoing sexual relationship with Klitgord.
It is alleged that in phone calls which were recorded that the girl told Klitgord that police were trying to contact her and that Klitgord said “deny all of that,” and asked her, “did you erase everything on your phone, text messages etc.?”
Milwaukie Police say that there is no immediate information that Klitgord had similar relationships with other students. The department is however asking that anyone with information regarding this case or other potential victims contact them at 503-786-7500.
Reportedly, Klitgord has been placed on administrative leave by the school system pending the outcome of the criminal investigation.
Following his arrest, Klitgord was reportedly being held in the Multnomah County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
04/02/09 – Charges Upgraded To Felonies
Christopher Klitgord now faces two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, which are Class C felonies.
Misdemeanor charges previously filed against Klitgord were dismissed.
04/09/09 – More Charges and Arraignment
Christopher Klitgord was arraigned today on six charges of sex abuse and two counts of tampering with a witness.
The new charges include four counts of sex aubse and two counts of witness tampering.
Klitgord pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday.
Investigators allege that he had sex with the same female student on six occasions and then tried to get her to lie about it.
07/02/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing
In a plea deal with prosecutors, Christopher Klitgord pleaded guilty today to two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. All other charges were dropped by prosecutors.
Multnomah County Circuit Judge Julie E. Frantz sentenced Klitgord to 14 months in prison, ordered him to pay his victim $15,000 with $10,000 due immediately and the remainder after he is released from prison.
In addition, Klitgord is required to serve five years probation, to submit a DNA sample and to undergo a minimum of six months of psychiatric counseling.
Klitgord was ordered to register a sex offender.
09/28/09 – Case Update
The Oregonian reports that the North Clackamas School District in hiring Christopher Klitgord failed to discover that New York City school officials had fired him the year before for dating a 16-year-old student, that he had lost his New York state teaching license and had forged a letter of recommendation.
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October 14th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
yeah he was pretty cool was my fav teacher
October 14th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
yeah I had him last year at milwaukie high i was in his algebra lab class which was bad ass becouse he was usally pretty cool and funny but it was awesome becouse literaly I didnt have to do any work we would have to get our work out and say we were working on it but he wouldnt actally care if we did it or not i think it was just so if an admin came in he wouldnt get in trouble but yeah its not a total shocker cuz he was always way nicer to girls then anyone else
August 17th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Three comments made by students stand out as being logical and well stated; Yan Y, Andrea, and doodad. A couple of the others were not so bad, but most of the others were downright ludicrous.
Jenny attacked him for wearing the same clothes too often. diddlysquat made absolutely no sense at all. Tyler seems to be afraid of his/her own shadow. And Maria sounds as though her brain was developed through Mtv.
This teacher should have known better than to have ANY kind of a relationship with a student. Now, his life is ruined.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Wonder if the DNA sample is to track peeping tom crime scenes, if you know what I mean.
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
i wonder if the 15,000 bucks was a deal to avoid a longer sentence…..
May 13th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
He was my math teacher when i was a freshman in high school in new york. I always knew there was something wrong with him cause he always looked at us when we took tests. He would sit at his desk and stare at us. He left the school during the middle of my freshman year. There were many rumors of why he left, one being that he had some special relationship with a student and someone in the administation saw them together. During class tho, he told us awkward stories about girls that he met. At first i thought he was a rele nice teacher becuase he always praised me and said that i put alot of effort into the class and learning the material. He was a good teacher and taught me a lot and i cant believe that i fell for the stupid lies that he told us. He would constantly compliment me and other girls in the class, which was very strange. I remember that he would come up to some of us and put his hand on our shoulder when we asked him for help. im happy hes locked up
April 30th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
My name is Rick Bella. I am a newspaper reporter in Portland, Ore., and have been writing about Klitgord. If anyone has direct information about his work record in New York, please contact me at rickbella@news.oregonian.com or call me at 503-294-5915. Thanks.
April 28th, 2009 at 9:06 am
damn that weirdo was my math and accounting teacher he was always fishy…and as someone said before there were rumors about him having a misappropiate relationship with a student, but it was never confirmed by teachers. One time he made a student in my class go up in the class room and at her rice krispy as a humiliating punishment but instead he was getting a sick satisfaction out of that. yucky