As a Democratic candidate for governor, Rebecca Holcombe, of Norwich, Vt., has had to do her campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic from her home via phone and teleconference. She is photographed in downtown Norwich on April 16, 2020. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
As a Democratic candidate for governor, Rebecca Holcombe, of Norwich, Vt., has had to do her campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic from her home via phone and teleconference. She is photographed in downtown Norwich on April 16, 2020. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Geoff Hansen

WOODSTOCK — Former Vermont Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe is one of two finalists for the Windsor Central Supervisory Union’s superintendency, according to a letter sent to the school community this week.

Holcombe, who ran for the Democratic nomination for governor last year, lives in Norwich and served as education secretary from late 2013 to March 2018. Prior to that, she ran the teacher training program at Dartmouth College. She’s also served as a teacher at Richmond Middle School in Hanover and was an elementary principal in Fairlee. She also helped launch the Rivendell Interstate School District.

The other finalist, and current interim superintendent, is Sherry Sousa. Sousa served as director of instructional support services under then-Superintendent Mary Beth Banios, who left last year for a job in Massachusetts.

Both finalists were slated to sit for final interviews with the search committee and talk via Zoom with members of the school community this week, according to the emailed letter from the committee.