3rd Phillipsburg math teacher charged in alleged tenure scheme
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Phillipsburg assistant wrestling coach Scott Silvis is named District 9 assistant coach of the year during the NJSIAA District 9 tournament on Feb. 18, 2017, at Phillipsburg High School in Lopatcong Township.lehighvalleylive.com file photo
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A third Phillipsburg High School teacher faces criminal charges in an alleged tenure scheme targeting a school district employee, the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.
Scott Silvis, 42, of Upper Nazareth Township, was arrested after the ongoing investigation revealed he provided “material support” to the two teachers previously charged, George Chilmonik and Dave Post, according to Prosecutor James Pfeiffer.
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N.J. wrestling coach, 2nd teacher out of jail, but barred from school in threats case
Updated Apr 27, 2021;
Posted Apr 27, 2021
Phillipsburg coach Dave Post reacts to Miguel Lopez. At 106-pounds, Miguel Lopez wins with a 4-0 decision over Southern Regional’s Dylan Verge. Phillipsburg wrestling hosts Southern Regional, March 30, 2021.
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Phillipsburg High School’s head wrestling coach and another longtime math teacher accused of making a threat for a tenure vote have left police custody and are being placed on paid administrative leave, the district’s business administrator said.
Coach Dave Post, 36 and also a math teacher at the school, and George Chilmonik, 74, with the district since 1970, were taken into custody Monday by New Jersey State Police and a county detective at the Lopatcong Township school. The pair were housed overnight at the Warren County jail and made their first appearance Tuesday in Warren County Superior Court.
A coach and a longtime teacher at Phillipsburg High School were suspended over a blackmail attempt to influence their tenure hearing.
Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said wrestling coach Dave Post, 36, and longtime math teacher George Chilmonik, 74, threatened a district employee that they would release embarrassing information about that employee if they did not advocate for their interests in front of the Board of Education.
Chilmonik and Post were arrested on Monday. They made their first court appearance on Tuesday and released, according to LehighValleyLive.com. They were ordered by a judge to have no contact with the target of their threats, each other or the media.