‘The congratulations and good things have only made me work harder,’ Big Spin winner says.

So you win a million dollars in the lottery.

Among the fantasies that can suddenly come to life--cavorting in champagne-stocked limousines, chateau-hunting in the south of France--perhaps none is sweeter than this one:

You march into your boss’s office, inform your boss how little you need your job and explain in graphic and creative detail what your boss can do with your job.

If that strikes a chord, you have nothing in common with Maurice Wiley.

Wiley, head counselor of the Inglewood Unified School District, won $1 million last month in the state lottery’s Big Spin game.

Despite his guaranteed new $50,000 annual income, the 20-year Inglewood schools employee plans to stay right where he is.

Working.

Wiley said his money will go into investments, to family members and perhaps toward a Caribbean cruise someday.

“A lot of people have been suggesting how I should spend the money,” he said. “There have been those who have even suggested I donate some to them.”

But he said there are several reasons why he has no grandiose plans and is ignoring the predictable kibitzing from old and new friends.

First of all, Wiley said, he already lives well in a pleasant house in the hills north of Inglewood. He has a nice car. He has no acute material cravings. But if he ever does move, the tennis enthusiast said, he plans to buy a house with a tennis court.

Second, Wiley enjoys his job.

He has been praised for the district’s Martin Luther King Day program, which he coordinated this year, and the University and College Opportunity Program, a college counseling program that starts in elementary school.

Wiley said one of the most heartwarming aspects of his good fortune has been calls from students and parents who have told him: “This is a pay-back for the good things you have done for others.”

And finally, Wiley said his boss is not the type who inspires triumphant displays of loathing. In fact, newly hired Supt. George McKenna, a nationally known educator, is one of the main reasons Wiley has decided to stay.

“I look forward to working with him to continue to improve the conditions here,” Wiley said. He predicted a bright future for a district that has had its share of financial and political problems.

To hurry along that bright future, Wiley plans to set up a college scholarship.

“The congratulations and good things have only made me work harder,” he said. “In talking to students now, I tell them that giving your best, you will be rewarded in the end.”