Vincent DiGaetano

Sloan Public Service Awards • 2017

Title and Organization Bronx Borough Safety Director & Principal, Bronx Alternate Learning Center Office of Safety and Youth Development, NYC Department of Education

Bio

After 7 years as a teacher at Dewitt Clinton HS, in 2008 Vincent DiGaetano was named campus manager of Adlai Stevenson in the Bronx, which housed 9 smaller schools and needed a more secure environment. In 6 months, there was a turnaround and DiGaetano was appointed Bronx Safety Director for 200 schools in the Bronx. By working with principals, teachers, students and local businesses, and by helping to create a General Response Protocol, safe schools are now a given. Says one principal, “Since Vinny arrived on the scene, the difference in our campus is night and day. He is an innovator filled with energy and compassion.” This spring he became Principal of the Center for Alternative Learning, 8 schools for students serving Superintendents’ suspensions.