Help wanted: education secretary, no experience — in education — needed

Former Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe, whose resignation took effect Sunday. Photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDigger
Gov. Phil Scott told the State Board of Education on Monday that he would prefer someone more experienced in management than education to replace state Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe, whose abrupt resignation took effect April 1.
In a letter delivered during a Monday morning board meeting to jump start the search for a new education secretary, Scott said “I ask when yo