James Wigo Bonus At RTM — The Rose Tree Media School Board just voted to give Superintendent James Wigo a $6,667 performance bonus. 
Wigo’s base salary is $181,001 — at least as of 2013-14, the most recent record at OpenPaGov.org. Note that does not include benefits like health care or the obscene pension he can look forward to getting.
So why does he need a performance bonus? Is his base compensation package really not enough to ensure top performance?
In the private sector, bonuses are a way of divvying up profits hence they make sense there. They make no sense for non-profit like the Rose Tree Media School District. Wigo is more than — far more than actually — compensated with his base package. We are, in fact, quite confident RTM can find someone who would work just as hard and perform just as well if not better with half of Wigo’s compensation package.
What the RTM Board did was not just pointless — Wigo would have quit if he didn’t get the bounus? LOL — but thoughtless considering Pennsylvania’s budget turmoil. Did you know that RTM gets about 15 percent of it’s $94.76 million budget from the state?
Wigo should — no must — give this bonus back. It’s the only decent thing to do. It’s just a drop in the bucket to this very rich man and it would set an necessary example of leadership.
James Wigo Bonus At RTM
Wigo should — no must — give this bonus back.
Give it back? Ha!
Bill, Thank you for printing this. We will not read abut it in the Inqurer,
I urge James Wigo to keep his well deserved bonus! Let’s raise taxes to pay for it, Whey should the old people get away without paying James Wigo a well deserved bonus. School choice? Bah! They deserve their PSERS. Let’s evict the cripples and old folks and give Wigo his bonus.