Great, another pedophile around our children. I hope any expenses, including placement fees to head-hunters for finding this guy, and salary, legal, etc. are recouped by the School District. Our tax dollars wasted!

Can someone please tell me why Mr. Wigo was given a raise for job well done when he hand picked this guy and brought him here. He was booted out of Phoenixville, but yet RTM hired him??? I think whoever did the background check on this guy needs to go as well.....I know he was up for a job in another district last summer, but they knew of the red flags from PVille and wouldn't hire him. Is he a friend of Wigo's???? That how he got the job??? The taxpayers of RTM should all be at the next school board meeting demanding answers for our so called superintendent.

Anyone connected with the hiring of the pedophile should resign or be fired immediately including any school board members. Others knew their were red flags and did not hire the man but RTMSD overlooked these and endangered children.

Class...he had a closed file and was reassigned during the school year from another district before RtM....so yes, Wigo knew, as did many others in the field of education from other districts. He applied elsewhere along with RTM, the other districts were smart and said no way after checking his background....so my guess is Wigo is friends with this guy and that is why he was hired....s yes, Wigo needs to go!

Class, the background check wouldn't have shown it....but the school and Wigo were well aware of the red flags he brought with him. He NEVER should have been hired.

KMC, Their are a lot of assumptions in your statement, if true Mr. Wigo made a mistake, and I'm sure will pay for it, but I perfer to wait for the truth.

Class, you keep waiting....but everything will come to light. I am not making any assumptions, just presenting facts. The only reason this guy was hired was because of who he knew....and now as taxpayers, we get to pay for the mess.

Anyone have factual knowledge of what the red flags were?

Well u do not go to Springton Lake but I know a lot of friends that do Wigo did not know what the red flags were due to my research so KMC should not be saying things he/she doesn't know or isn't true

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Who cares if he knew the exact details of the red flag/closed file....he shouldn't have been hired either way! So either Wigo or the school board, or all of them, turned a blind eye and put our kids at risk

the best thing... is that is my middle school. thank god i graduated!

I am not sure at how this all got through the so called "screenings", but it is just to show you that the screenings are not all that worthy at this district. As far as I know, his wife- separated, knows what is going on and she is not happy about this at all. So, yes this is RTMSD. They do not care about our money. They only care how they look in other people eyes. It is not a school that I would considering to boast about. There are better schools out there.

KMC, I Like your passion and what you say makes sense in regards to red flags. When it comes to hiring teachers or school staff, vetting should include all potential factors, not just being caught before. You should organize a petition to send Wigo on his way.

so im a student from pville middle school and i find it funky that we were told as students that he was being promoted to one of the even higher rankings then the principal like head administrative. then i found this out that he never was promoted but reassigned to a new school and that brings some suspicion doesnt it?

Agreed a background check is not going to have "Pedophile" with a check mark next to it. But there are other flags and circumstances in a person's background that should have raised a flag, or at the very least intuition that something was not right. There appear to be plenty of tell-tale signs that something was amiss. If there is doubt, then further digging is needed. Or move on to the next candidate. Anyone in a position of authority that has hiring capacity knows this.

MoST people. And the school board had a guard turning away the press at recent committee meeting claiming it was " private" property. Strange, I thought publicly funded offices were public property.

Something stinks here, it sounds like there is much more to this story. The RTMSD hired Superintendent Wigo just a couple of years ago. He bounced around prior to coming here and ran an all boys correctional school, for under privileged kids???
No wife or children mentioned in his bio. Within weeks of hiring Czukoski, CZ is busted for having little boy porn. It was know by Wigo he had a sealed file prior to hiring, so something was bad enough to hide. Since Wigo was hired RTM fell in the state rankings. Now he has completely humiliated and damaged this school district. Wigo should be fired and the school board itself reviewed for hiring this man with a questionable background.

Phoenixville has its problems. Four years ago HS principal, AD, Aministrator 1 and Administratir 2 shown the door. 700k in money missing. They sued their Superintendent. They fired the basketball staff for moving a 6 foot 8 star into the district and paying his rent. They fired the interim coach tied to the crew. They fired the next guy. The current principal was passed over 3 times and now people are raising eyebrows. They had a wrestling coach go to jail for having sex in school with a 15 year old. My guess they knew about Troy and suggested he leave. How did he have such a high profile attorney even before anything came out? RTM should demand a statement from Phoenixville and Phoenixville Attorney Ronald Williams of Fox Rothchild.

Troy Czukoski's hiring happened on the watch of 3 school board members who are up for reelection in November of this year--Linda Fox, Nancy Mackrides and Peter Barry. We taxpayers have the opportunity to demonstrate our outrage at the hiring of Czukoski by voting out these three members if they decide to run for reelection. Keep these names in mind--Fox, Mackrides and Barry and just say "NO".

there is a simpe way to get to the bottom of things here. Phoenixville School District has a fool proof security system that tracks all emails in and out and between district personnel. So, they can see what was really discussed, they can see what this man looked at, and they can see if any one else is involved not only in the crimes but the cover up. I looked into a post on this site and in fact there was an audit that revealed hundreds of thousands of dollars were missing. This is the only School District in the United States of America that could have that much money missing and not have any formal charges brought on by the Chester County District Attorney. Not even a statement from Chester County, I hear.

Indeed many people were fired and nothing done about the missing money. It appears their attorney (also named in the postings) works well with the Chester County people. I read a recent article in the WC Daily News, where the Chester County Commissioners praised him for saving them money.

So, to the point, if Phoenixville can suppress a cover up that involved hundreds of thousands of dollars and multiple 6 figure salaried people, and their solicitor is a pal of the county , then Phoenixville could send their trash out of town in the middle of the night and no one would be wiser. This would be a great case for the new Lt. Govenor. Not only could should put some crooked men behind bars she could clean up a little of the good ole boy system.

The principal used a lawyer in civil matters named Butera. There is a Butera on School Board. Is there a relation here? It appears there is. The personal lawyer Butera was with the current school board members firm or represented them in a case in Montgomery County. Someone needs to investigate this and on a local level. Its starting to smell real bad. Phoenixville needs to answer some questions.

Is there a meeting tonight at SLMS?? I'd like to attend - who organized and what will be discussed??

Is there in fact a meeting tonight? Can anyone point to a meeting notice other than hearsay? If so, does anyone know if the media has been notified of a meeting and been invited?

I think the meeting should have been announced to everyone who pays RTM school taxes as we pay for these bozos to be employed and should have a say in getting them out the door. Also, what about people like me who are 5 or 6 months away from having kids at SLMS

The meeting is not being announced to the entire district, as we were told Tuesday by Wigo would happen. I'm the parent of RtM elementary kids and we have not been told of the meeting.

Tonight's meeting is not open to the public. It is a meeting for SLMS parents.

Thanks this one, I am on that list and get calls all the time. I got the call Tuesday from Wigo, but tonight's meeting is not being opened to the rest of the district, just SL parents, which I find to be disturbing. The owe answers to the entire district!

If you received the call I would presume you are "invited" to the meeting. Press is not. The School Board's regular meeting is next Thursday, March 21.

Just got word of meeting--late but think I will try to attend
Wish me luck

Anyone have anything to report on how the meeting went?

I went...I think it went well and it was reassuring to hear about the hiring process. Turnout was low IMO. Maybe 60 parents? I left liking Wigo more than I thought I would. BTW, he's probably reading these comments. He addressed lots of rumors...no sealed files, no red flags that were ignored. He questioned Dr C's transfer to central office and was reassured by personnel at Px that it was like a promotion and that he was hand picked because if is computer knowledge. Dr C went through multiple panel interviews before getting to Wigo. Parents asked tons of good questions. I believe the background check may have been the problem here as one parent commented that another school system passed Dr C over saying "no way" after their vetting process. Would love to hear more on that. Another parent with strong Px ties said her friends were NOT surprised by the news about Dr C..,,really??? Px=phoenixville

Thanks for the update - someone in-boxed me this tidbit of information. ---

The network for "passing the trash" as it is commonly called in educational circles is vast. Districts with badly behaving teachers or administrators either seal files or remove damaging criteria in order to get rid of these people, yet enable them to be employable elsewhere. Often there is an agreement with these individuals that if they leave without a fight, Districts will provide glowing recommendations and whatever else is needed to insure their employment in another district. If you google "passing the trash" you will see how prevalent this practice is. As far as school boards are concerned, it is far less expensive and embarrassing to "pass the trash" than pursue investigations or disciplinary measures. Sadly, at no time, is the welfare of the students even considered. If the Feds had not gotten involved, Czukoski would have been protected by this system for his entire career.

They also mentioned Wigo has been "passed" or changed roles often...

I would like to know why not one member of the school board was there to explain themselves. And I also want to know when the meeting will be for the entire district. I am hoping a lot of parents show up at the school board meeting next week.

If you're a member of the press go anyway. If you're a member of the community go anyway. In Great Valley School District last year, they covered up an accused child molester in the school and left him in close contact with all the elementary school students. You're situation gets repeated over and over, all across the state. Speak up and document the meeting, that is the only way the school administrators will ever change. Good Luck.

It's time to open the personal files of people who work with or all kids. Because Dr. C never understood boundaries or his role as an Authority figure. Alot of taxpayers money was wasted, simply because he's a pervert who was protected by other perverts.

This guy looks just like Rush Limbaugh. Perhaps all pedofiles look alike.

the only public meetings are ones where nothing is said of import ,the private meetings are the real meetings ,george washington would cry in his beer for the wasted energy he spent trying to create a free democratic republic