Ridgefield Public Schools Names Dr. Wes DeSantis New Director of Technology

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Susie Da Silva announced that Dr. Wes DeSantis will be the new Director of Education Technology.

 

Dr. DeSantis will be a familiar name to many RPS families as he is the current K-12 STEM Supervisor and before that a beloved Ridgefield High School physics teacher, coach of the electric car race team, and founding director of the annual cardboard boat race.

Of the hire, Superintendent Da Silva said, “We know he is up to the challenge. He was an important asset of our technology leadership before COVID struck and has been invaluable since March.” DeSantis has sat on the RPS Technology Committee for years and worked tirelessly this summer to secure and implement some of the technologies that have been critical to being able to reopen schools, including cameras for all the teachers, which had noise-canceling capabilities so students could hear teachers even when the heat or air conditioning was on. Visit ​Dr. DeSantis's website to see the many ways that he engaged to make technology accessible to students and departments.